Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.
If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.
What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.
Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude.
In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.
If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.
When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.