Historically we have rejected extremism on the left and the right. Centrism is the right course for America.

My parents taught me that racial prejudice is a sin, one that robs the world of great minds and talents.

My entire life has been devoted to breaking down barriers, to finding common ground.

Labels applied to people of any race are inherently offensive.

I spent many years working for voting rights, but we still see sophisticated efforts, led by white officials, to disenfranchise black voters in local and national elections.

Election victories are a harvest. You plant the seed. For months or years, you water and tend them. In the election season, you reap the harvest.

Politics is not a tea party. When it is time to act, you have to move fast and decisively.

You can't say the negro left the Republican party; the negro feels he was evicted from the Republican party.

In elective politics, it's up or out. You go up the ladder, or you get out of the game.

To stand still is to regress.

The member of Congress who forgets his constituents' needs usually serves only one term.

War. What was it about the prospect of some bloody enterprises that reduced men to the level of animals?

The status quo was rote memorization and recitation in classrooms thronged with passive children who were sternly disciplined when they expressed individual needs.

Sometimes Buenos Aires is not so safe. You are scared to have someone behind you at night.

When there's no clear option, it's better to do nothing.

Service to others leads to greatness.

What we teach children to love and desire will always outweigh what we make them learn.

She's a devil in disguise, I can tell by looking in her eyes, little Miss Strange.

Perfectionists demand perfection from themselves first and foremost.

The birds that were singing in the dew-drenched garden seemed to be telling the flowers about her.

Worry about him? I never even heard of him.