Freedom Is The Most Contagious Virus Known

The Right Of Citizens To Bear Arms Is Just One Guarantee Against Arbitrary Government, One More Safeguard Against The Tyranny Which Now Appears Remote In America, But Which Historically Has Proved To Be Always Possible.

As We Begin To Comprehend That The Earth Itself Is A Kind Of Manned Spaceship Hurtling Through The Infinity Of Space ~ It Will Seem Increasingly Absurd That We Have Not Better Organized The Life Of The Human Family.

My Friends, To Those Who Say That We Are Rushing This Issue Of Civil Rights, I Say To Them We Are 172 Years Late. To Those Who Say That This Civil-rights Program Is An Infringement On States’ Rights, I Say This: The Time Has Arrived In America For The Democratic Party To Get Out Of The Shadow Of States' Rights And To Walk Forthrightly Into The Bright Sunshine Of Human Rights.

People In Places Many Of Us Never Heard Of, Whose Names We Can't Pronounce Or Even Spell, Are Speaking Up For Themselves. They Speak In Languages We Once Classified As Exotic But Whose Mastery Is Now Essential For Our Diplomats And Businessmen. But What They Say Is Very Much The Same The World Over. They Want A Decent Standard Of Living. They Want Human Dignity And A Voice In Their Own Futures. They Want Their Children To Grow Up Strong And Healthy And Free.

When The Dignity Of One Person Is Denied, All Of Us Are Denied.