A Nation Can't Get Strong On Political

Let Me Offer You, Metaphorically, Two Magic Wands That Have Sweeping Powers To Change Society. With One Wand You Could Wipe Out All Racism And Discrimination From The Hearts And Minds Of White America. The Other Wand You Could Wave Across The Ghettoes And Barrios Of America And Infuse The Inhabitants With Japanese Or Jewish Values, Respect For Learning, And Ambition. ... I Suggest That The Best Wand For Society And For Those Who Live In The Ghettoes And Barrios Would Be The Second Wand.

Politics, Like Theater, Is One Of Those Things Where You've Got To Be Wise Enough To Know When To Leave.

I Believe We All Must Face The Fact Of Death. It Is Both Gift And Curse.

I Have No Permanent Enemies - Only People I Have Yet To Persuade.

I Feel Very Strongly That The Democratic Party Has, In The Past, Been The Party Of The Future. I Think When You Look At Social Security And Medicare, When You Look At The Civil Rights Movement, The Women's Movement, I Think The Democratic Party Has Always Been In The Forefront Of Change.