The future does not belong to those who are content with today, rather, it will belong to those who can blend vision, reason, and courage in a personal commitment.
The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.
I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware.
Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don’t. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.
In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.
All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.
The future is not completely beyond our control. It is the work of our own hands.
People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.
I dream of things that are not and ask why not.
The Gross National Product measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile.
We develop the kind of citizens we deserve.
Men without hope, resigned to despair and oppression, do not make revolutions. It is when expectation replaces submission, when despair is touched with the awareness of possibility, that the forces of human desire and the passion for justice are unloosed.
Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change.
I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and I have such strong feelings about what must be done.
My views on birth control are somewhat distorted by the fact that I was seventh of nine children.
Men and women with freed minds may often be mistaken, but they are seldom fooled. They may be influenced, but they cannot be intimidated. They may be perplexed, but they will never be lost.
I love this city. If I’m elected, I will move the White House to San Francisco. I went to Fisherman’s Wharf and they even let me into Allioto’s. It may be Baghdad by the Bay to you, but to me it’s Resurrection City.
The essential humanity of men can be protected and preserved only where government must answer, not just to the wealthy, not just to those of a particular religion, or a particular race, but to all its people.
In my judgment, the slogan “black power” and what has been associated with it has set the civil rights movement back considerably in the United States over the period of the last several months.