How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?

Are we happy that our grandchildren may never seen an elephant except in a picture book?

A human being is a deciding being.

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.

A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.

It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.

These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.

In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people.

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue.

We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Our true nationality is mankind.

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.