Quotes
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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 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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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 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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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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Excerpt from Quote Magazine
We must always remember that delinquency does not just happen. It has causes, and these causes can be attacked. Some of the greatest sources of this problem are family disintegration, slum housing, lack of recreation facilities, racial discrimination, school failure and school dropouts, and youth unemployment.
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Excerpt from Quote Magazine
Delinquency is a broad problem and demands a broad attack. Educational programs, job opportunities, recreational facilities, adult counseling
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Address at the Testimonial Dinner for Congressman John Dow, Sterling Forest, New York
Justice, dignity, equality — These are words which are often used loosely with little appreciation of their meaning. I think that their meaning can be distilled into one goal: that every child in this country live as we would want our own children to live.
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Speech at the Law Day Exercises of the University of Georgia Law School, Athens, Georgia
The road ahead is full of difficulties and discomforts. But as for me, I welcome the challenge, I welcome the opportunity and I pledge my best effort—all I have in material things and physical strength and spirit to see that freedom shall advance and that our children will grow old under the rule of law.
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Statement on the Food Stamp Program before Senate Subcommittee on Agricultural Research and General Legislation
When I was in Mississippi with the Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, I saw conditions of extreme hunger. I saw people who eat only one meal a day or one meal every two days.
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Speech at the Dedication of the John F. Kennedy Interfaith Chapel at West Georgia College in Carrollton, Georgia
Freedom by itself is not enough. “Freedom is a good horse,” said Matthew Arnold, “but a horse to ride somewhere.” What counts is the use to which men put freedom; what counts is how liberty becomes the means of opportunity and growth and justice.
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Statement Delivered Before U.S. Senate
We have a responsibility to the victims of crime and violence. It is a responsibility to think not only of our own convenience but of the tragedy of sudden death. It is a responsibility to put away childish things
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