Occupation: Former U.S. Senator Birth: November 20, 1925 Death: June 6, 1968
In my judgment, the slogan "black power" and what has been associated with it has set the civil rights movement back considerably in the United State….
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts ….
People are selfish. But they can also be compassionate and generous, and they care about the country. But not when they feel threatened. That’s why t….
I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware..
It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds a….
Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it..
This world demands the qualities of youth; not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a predominance….
I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil..
All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order..
I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress..
I was the seventh of nine children. When you come from that far down you have to struggle to survive..
Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names..
The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country..
Nations around the world look to us for the leadership not merely by strength of arms but by strength of our convictions..
Courage is the most important attribute of a lawyer..
All great questions must be raised by great voices, and the greatest voice is the voice of the people - speaking out - in prose, or painting or poetr….
We should, I believe, beware of the pitfalls described by Taine: 'Imagine a man who sets out on a voyage equipped with a pair of spectacles that magn….
I dream of things that are not and ask why not..
Every dictatorship has ultimately strangled in the web of repression it wove for its people, making mistakes that could not be corrected because crit….
My views on birth control are somewhat distorted by the fact that I was seventh of nine children..
All do not develop in the same manner, or at the same pace. Nations, like men, often march to the beat of different drummers, and the precise solutio….