You have got to have something in which to believe. You have got to have leaders, organization, friendships, and contacts that help you to believe that, and help you to put out your best.

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is... the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.

Politics preys on people's naivety

Democracy is a poor system; the only thing that can be said for it is that it's eight times as good as any other method.

True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve. It is not about exalting themselves but about lifting others up.

Prejudice is not a failing peculiar to one race, it can and does exist in people of every race and ethnic background. It takes individual effort to root it out of one's heart. In my case my father and mother saw that it never got a start. I shall be forever grateful to them.