The Ugliness Of Bigotry Stands In Direct

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.

I Am Not Here To Judge Whether People Are Locked In Poverty Because Of Themselves Or Because Of The Society In Which They Live. All I Know Is That They Are There And We Are Trying To Do Something About It.

There Is A Great Deal Of Difference Between Living And Surviving. You Can Survive In Debauchery, Even In Sickness And Despair. But You Live With A Spirit Of Vitality And A Spirit Of Participation, Of Being Wanted, And Having Something To Contribute.

You Cannot Tell A Poor Boy From A Small Country Town On The Plains Of South Dakota Who Has Had The Opportunity To Be A Teacher, A Mayor, A Senator, And A Vice President, That America Is Not A Nation Of Promise.

We Cannot Use A Double Standard For Measuring Our Own And Other People's Policies. Our Demands For Democratic Practices In Other Lands Will Be No More Effective Than The Guarantees Of Those Practiced In Our Own Country.