"African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission into college."

"Democracy derailed is democracy denied."

"I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise that provides secure retirement benefits for all, especially those who are most at risk such as widows, orphans, and people with disabilities when the need arises."

"We have major fiscal problems on our hand."

"What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?"

"None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath."

"If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it."

"It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars."