I am sure that I never read any memorable news in a newspaper.
Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true.
We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And they can provide a basis for rooting out the evils of bigotry and racism. But they cannot wipe away centuries of oppression and injustice - however much we might desire it.
You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do?
What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.
If I believe in something, I will fight for it, with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing.
The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung.
Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing.
My research consists of studying the effects of putting somebody like me into a world like this.
To understand the present with its full, rich significance, the mind must free itself from the habit of self-protecting acquisition; when it is utterly naked, then there is immortality.
He had a vision for changing our Medicare system, for bringing more people into the reality that our government should be a partner in preventing people from getting sick. . . and that was part of our motivation for changing the Medicare system, and we are in the midst of a revolution in Medicare that will, for many, many generations have real results that will be good for America and good for American citizens.