I Never Even Had The Time To

Come Home To The Affirmation That We Have A Dream. Come Home To The Conviction That We Can Move Our Country Forward. Come Home To The Belief That We Can Seek A Newer World. And Let Us Be Joyful In The Homecoming.

Every Once In A While, I Run Into Somebody Who Tells Me That She Met Her Husband In My Campaign Or A Husband Who Says, I Met My Wife. I Have To Tell You, I Caused A Few Divorces Too.

I Didn't Know A Damned Thing About Mental Illness And Neither Did Anyone Around Me.

To Those Who Charge That Liberalism Has Been Tried And Found Wanting, I Answer That The Failure Is Not In The Idea, But In The Course Of Recent History. The New Deal Was Ended By World War Ii. The New Frontier Was Closed By Berlin And Cuba Almost Before It Was Opened. And The Great Society Lost Its Greatness In The Jungles Of Indochina.

I Make One Pledge Above All Others - To Seek And Speak The Truth With All The Resources Of Mind And Spirit I Command.