1966
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Speech at the New Hampshire Democratic State Convention
A Democratic Administration in Washington found the United States second in space, second in education, last among all the industrial nations of the world, and economic growth—and now the United States is first in space, first in education, first in economic growth.
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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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Speech Delivered at the Democratic State Committee Dinner in Columbus, Ohio
In this entire century the Democratic party has never been invested with power on the basis of a program which promised to keep things as they were.
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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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Address at the University of California, Berkeley Campus
It is not enough to allow dissent. We must demand it. For there is much to dissent from. We dissent from the fact that millions are trapped in poverty while the nation grows rich.
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Address Before the Jewish Theological Seminary of America at the Hotel Diplomat, Hollywood, Florida
It is important to remember that though we must tolerate dissent which is patently wrong, we must strive to make our own dissent and criticism responsible. The right to speak carries with it a duty to be informed; to be ourselves reasonable; to propose constructive alternatives. For only criticism which is responsible can lead to…
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Address at the Dinner Honoring Congressman James C. Corman at the Sportsmen’s Lodge, Los Angeles, California
Education is the key to the future for every one of our children. In a world such as this, it does not matter what material goods we leave our children.
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Speech delivered at Sioux City, Iowa
Education is the key to preserving individual capacity to act, to provide for oneself without dependence on government . . . And education . . . is the key to understanding the world about us, the world of new nations and nuclear weapons, affluence and starvation, war and peace.
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Speech delivered at Des Moines, Iowa
In this mobile society, with most Americans moving across state lines at least once in their lifetime, the education of a child in Iowa contributes to the whole nation— and a stunted education elsewhere can force Iowa to spend more on welfare and police and housing. Education is a national resource; it should be paid…
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Address at the Sixth Annual Westside Community Conference, Columbia University, New York City
Education is not only important to understanding the world and each other
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Speech at the University of Alabama
Education is the key to jobs—to income—to human dignity itself . . . In the last analysis the quality of education is a question of commitment—of whether people like us are willing to go into the classrooms as teachers or parents, as volunteers or just as concerned citizens, to ensure that every child learns to…
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