Quotes
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Address at the Society of Friends of Puerto Rico Eugenio Maria de Hostos “One-America” Award Dinner, New York City
The dispossessed and the landless will not strive and sacrifice to improve land they do not own, and whose proceeds they do not share.
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Address at the Sixth Annual Westside Community Conference, Columbia University, New York City
We are going to be held responsible for the failures and difficulties of Latin America. In many cases, this will be justified: we are further advanced; we are more fortunate
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Senate Speech
Of course, unilateral action is easier than collective action; but we are much stronger when we act in concert with the rest of the hemisphere than when we act alone; and consultation is the price you must pay for the extra strength our alliances give us
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Address at the American G.I. Forum, Chicago, Illinois
The contributions made to this country by Spanish-derived culture through the ages are incalculable.
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Address, Annual Meeting of the Missouri Bar Association, Kansas City, Missouri
We are part of an intricate system that has developed over the centuries as man’s best hope for resolving disputes and appraising policies
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Address, Portland City Club, Portland, Oregon
The rule of law in an open society still is a revolutionary ideal throughout much of the world. Our strength to transpose this ideal into reality throughout the world must depend over the years on our dedication to it at home.
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Address at the Law Day Ceremonies of the Virginia State Bar, Roanoke, Virginia
Some people in the world today do not see law as the instrument of freedom and justice. Too frequently the whole tradition of stare decisis appears to tie the law to the status quo; and a written Constitution means little to a man who cannot remember his last meal and does not know where his…
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Address at the Irish Institute, April 1, 1967
The time is long past when men bowed their heads or looked away from our heritage because of shame; indeed, the long roll of Senators and playwrights, poets and heroes, has given us full reason for pride.
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Speech at the National Conference of Christians and Jews Dinner, Cleveland, Ohio
While our scientists strive to lead the way to the moon, other Americans are helping new nations to decide their own destiny and keep their newly-won independence, for the race won in outer space is meaningless if we fail in our efforts to extend the cause of freedom around the globe.
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Speech at the Dedication of the John F. Kennedy Interfaith Chapel at West Georgia College in Carrollton, Georgia
There have always and everywhere been those, throughout our history, and particularly in times of crisis, who have preached intolerance, who have sought to escape reality and responsibility with a slogan or a scapegoat.
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Speech at the National Council of Christians and Jews
Today’s problems of intolerance are harder than yesterday’s; tomorrow’s will be harder still.
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Address at the Day of Affirmation at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
We in the United States believe in the protection of minorities; we recognize the contributions they can make and the leadership they can provide; and we do not believe that any people—whether minority, majority, or individual human beings—are “expendable” in the cause of theory or policy. We recognize also that justice between men and nations…
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