Their cause must be our cause, too. Because it is not just Negroes, but really it's all of us who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome. |
There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves. |
There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility. |
There can no longer be anyone too poor to vote |
There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous. |
There's so much that we have yet to do -- the hunger in the world, the sickness in the world, the poverty in the world. We must apply some of the great talents that we've applied to space to all these problems, and get them done, and get them done in the spirit of what's the greatest good for the greatest number. |
They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do. |
This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty. |
This is a moment that I deeply wish my parents could have lived to share. My father would have enjoyed what you have so generously said of me-and my mother would have believed it. |
This nation, this generation, in this hour has man's first chance to build a great society, a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor |
To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all |
We Americans know - although others appear to forget - the risk of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war. |
We are in the midst of a great transition from narrow nationalism to international partnership |
We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way. |
We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else. |