It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.
Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.
When we say, 'One nation under God, with liberty and justice for all', we are talking about all people. We either ought to believe it or quit saying it .
To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
The moral test of a society is how that society treats those who are in the dawn of life: the children; ... the elderly.
The road to freedom, here and everywhere, begins in the classroom.
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.
When the dignity of one person is denied, all of us are denied.
There is no such thing as an acceptable level of unemployment, because hunger is not acceptable, poverty is not acceptable, poor health is not acceptable, and a ruined life is not acceptable.
Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.
It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that firearms should not be very carefully used and that definite safety rules of precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, and one more safeguard against tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.
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.
The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.
Never give in and never give up.
The way we treat our children in the dawn of their lives and the way we treat our elderly in the twilight of their lives is a measure of the quality of a nation.
As we begin to comprehend that the earth itself is a kind of manned spaceship hurtling through the infinity of space ~ it will seem increasingly absurd that we have not better organized the life of the human family.
Never answer a question from a farmer.
I believe that each of us can make a difference. That what is wrong can be made right. That people possess the basic wisdom and goodness to govern themselves without conflict.
Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.
We live by hope. We do not ever get all we want when we want it. But we have to believe that someday, somehow, some way, it will be better and that we can make it so.
Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty.
Equality means equality for all - no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits.
There is a great deal of difference between living and surviving. You can survive in debauchery, even in sickness and despair. But you live with a spirit of vitality and a spirit of participation, of being wanted, and having something to contribute.
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