"Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty."

"If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.'"

"I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam."

"The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men."

"With enough courage, you can do without a reputation."

"The mark of fear is not easily removed."

"The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge."

"It is a profound truth that the canvas of imagination has no boundaries except those imposed by fear — an essential principle for the reflective life."