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….

We can master change not though force or fear, but only though the free work of an understanding mind, though an openness to new knowledge and fresh ….

Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer….

I believe that as long as a single man may try, any unjustifiable barrier against his efforts is a barrier against mankind..

People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him..

Together, we can make ourselves a nation that spends more on books than on bombs, more on hospitals than the terrible tools of war, more on decent ho….

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly..

It is not more bigness that should be our goal. We must attempt, rather, to bring people back to...the warmth of community, to the worth of individu….

Each generation makes it's own accounting to its children..

[The overthrow of the Castro regime] is the top priority of the US government. - all else is secondary - no time, no effort, or manpower is to be spa….

The [next] priority for change the first element of a new politics for the United States is in our policy toward the world. Too much and for too long….

Don't get mad, get even..

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on..

...if we want to meet the obligations of our civilization and our culture which are to create communities for our children that provide them with the….

We must recognize the full human equality of all our people - before God, before the law, and in the councils of government. We must do this not beca….

It is not realistic or hard-headed to solve problems and take action unguided by ultimate moral aims and values, although we all know some who claim ….

What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence….

I love this city. If I am elected, I'll move the White House to San Francisco. Everybody's so friendly..

I'm tired of chasing people..

Courage is the most important attribute of a lawyer. It is more important than competence or vision. It can never be an elective in any law school. I….