"I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering."

"The attorney general would call at 5 o'clock in the evening and say: 'Tomorrow morning we are going to try to integrate the University of Mississippi. Get us a memo on what we're likely to do, and what we can do if the governor sends the National Guard there.'"

"You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You have to make the means of legal redress available."

"To dream is to realize that every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."

"I didn't think it was my dream to be on Broadway; it just sort of became that, and then it just became me wanting it more and more and more."

"If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion."

"If you desire ease, forsake learning."