Human Rights Education
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Speech at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Ultimately, Communism must be defeated by progressive political programs which wipe out the poverty, misery, and discontent on which it thrives. For that reason, progressive political programs are the best way to erode the Communist presence in Latin America, to turn back the Communist thrust into Southeast Asia, and to ensure the stability of the…
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Speech at the Ceremonies Celebrating the 175th Anniversary of the Ratification of the Constitution, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Now as always, when the Constitution is too narrowly interpreted on a word-for-word basis, it can too easily become a crutch for reaction, a reactionalization, an excuse for maintaining the status quo.
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Address at the Day of Affirmation at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of…
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Address at the Dinner Honoring Congressman James C. Corman at the Sportsmen’s Lodge, Los Angeles, California
Almost every man now working in the United States will have to change jobs, perhaps two or three times, and his lifetime. That will require new education for all our people—for those who could not complete college in the past, and even those who did.
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Remarks at the University of Southern California Convocation
Criticism is a characteristic of a committed population. But to be responsible and constructive, it must be accompanied by continued participation, by careful examination of the facts, and by consideration of the rights of others to speak
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Speech at the Law Day Exercises of the University of Georgia Law School, Athens, Georgia
On this generation of Americans falls the full burden of proving to the world that we really mean it when we say all men are created free and are equal before the law. All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don’t. And if our times…
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Address at the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Convention, Miami Beach, Florida
It is not easy, in the middle of one’s life or political career, to say that the old horizons are too limited—that our education must begin again. But neither are the challenges ahead easy. The best responses will not be easily found; nor once found, will they command unanimous agreement. But the possibilities of greatness…
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Speech at Worthington, Minnesota
In such a fantastic and dangerous world—we will not find answers in old dogmas, by repeating outworn slogans, or fighting on ancient battlegrounds against fading enemies long after the real struggle has moved on.
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Address at the University of California, Berkeley Campus
The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of new ideas and bold projects.
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Address Before Young Israel of Pelham Parkway at the Concourse Plaza Hotel, New York City
To say that the future will be different from the present and past may be hopelessly self-evident. I must observe regretfully, however, that in politics it can be heresy. It can be denounced as radicalism or branded as subversion.
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Address Before Young Israel of Pelham Parkway at the Concourse Plaza Hotel, New York City
We develop the kind of citizens we deserve. If a large number of our children grow up into frustration and poverty, we must expect to pay the price.
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