Martin Luther King, Jr., was the conscience of his generation.... He and I grew up in the same South, he the son of a clergyman, I... the son of a farmer. We both knew from opposite sides, the invisible wall of racial segregation.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Harvey, Jr.: I was afraid something like this would happen. Being around all those young students was bound to give Father ideas.<...br />Laura: Young ideas, nuts. They're the oldest ideas in the world.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Charles Eastman: There's always a place at the plant for a boy like that. Mrs. Eastman: But what are we going to do about him... socially? Earl Eastman: That's easy. We can all leave town.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, dif...ferent dreams.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helpin...g hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I thought a lot about our nation and what I should do as president. And Sunday night before last, I made a speech about two proble...ms of our country--energy and malaise.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »