The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
The moral test of government is how it 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.
Johnson had a sense of humor, and he could kid with me,” he would say. “Johnson didn’t enjoy talking with most liberals. He didn’t think they had a sense of humor.
The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.
Oh my friend it’s not what they take away from you that counts-it’s what you do with what you have left.
Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart-it’s all a man has.
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.
Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920’s and 1930’s when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother’s keeper.
A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.
For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.
Leadership in today’s world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.
I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.
To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.
I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university.
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
Each child is an adventure into a better life – an opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new.
This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.
Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.