Washington, D.C.
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Senate Speech
We are increasingly an island of affluence and privilege in a world of desperate poverty—
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Senate Speech
The population of this globe grows every day, nowhere faster than in the underdeveloped nations.
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Senate Speech
It is not given to us to right every wrong, to make perfect all the imperfections of the world. But neither is it given to us to sit content in our store houses—dieting while others starve, buying 8 million new cars a year while most of the world goes without shoes. We are simply not…
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Senate Speech
The accomplishments of United States foreign assistance are already substantial— they are being felt in dozens of countries, all over the world.
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Speech Delivered at the Commencement Exercises at Trinity College, Washington, D.C.
In the light of a truly freed mind no prejudice can disguise itself as zeal, no bullying can masquerade as leadership, no pettiness can pose as importance.
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Speech in the United States Senate
A revolution is coming—a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough—But a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability.
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Speech Delivered at the Commencement Exercises at Trinity College, Washington, D.C.
I suspect there may always be arguments about what constitutes a higher education, but wise men through the ages have at least been able to agree on its purpose.
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Speech at the Opening of Exhibit on the Emancipation Proclamation at The National Archives in Washington, D.C.
We have had a great deal of talk in this country in the past one hundred years about equality. Deeds, not talk, are what is needed. It is only relatively recently that we as a nation have again gathered our strength, our will, and our determination to act boldly and vigorously to lift from all…
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Television interview in the WTTG studios of the Metromedia Television Network
As long as we have difficult and complex problems, and as long as there are groups within the United States who feel that there are easy answers
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Television interview in the WTTG studios of the Metromedia Television Network
I think that some of the demonstrations have weakened the position of those who advocate a particular cause.
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Statement on Long Island Wetlands Bill, Delivered Before the House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation
Scientists have pointed out that 60% of the seafood taken from water surrounding the United States is dependent on coastal bays and marshes for their existence
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