1966
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Address at the Day of Affirmation at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Our answer is the world’s hope; it is to rely on youth. The cruelties and obstacles of this swiftly changing planet will not yield to obsolete dogmas and outworn slogans.
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Address at the Day of Affirmation at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Few will have the greatness to bend history; but each of us can work to change a small portion of the events, and in the total of all these acts will be written the history of this generation.
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Speech at Worthington, Minnesota
Answers founded on clear and dispassionate thought must be matched to action rooted in conviction and a passionate desire to reshape the world.
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Speech at the New Hampshire Democratic State Convention, Manchester, New Hampshire
Thousands of young men and women serve in the Peace Corps, in isolated villages and city slums all over the globe . . .
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Speech at the University of Alabama
There are many paths to action—to service and sacrifice—open to young people.
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Address at the Day of Affirmation at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Each nation has different obstacles and different goals, shaped by the vagaries of history and experience.
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Address Before the Jewish Theological Seminary of America at the Hotel Diplomat, Hollywood, Florida
If we are to succeed in having rational discussion, we must do it without epithets and name-calling by either side, without sloganeering and conscious misrepresentation of facts by either side. The quest for truth requires adherence to its principles by all who compete for its mantle.
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Statement Before the United States Senate
Our great companies operate in every state in the union. Their manufacturing operations are often spread over dozens of states; they buy their materials and sell their products every
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Speech at the University of Alabama
That which unites us is, must be, stronger than that which divides us. We can concentrate on what unites us, and secure the future for all of our children; or we can concentrate on what divides us, and fail our duty through argument and resentment and waste.
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Address at the New York State Association of Towns, New York City
All around us is evidence of the urban crisis of our time. The streets are clogged with traffic. The air is heavy with smoke. Our water is in short supply. And a short subway ride on almost any line— when the subways are running— will bring us to the crowded slums of the city, to…
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