If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it.

Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education.

It is well to be prepared for life as it is, but it is better to be prepared to make life better than it is.

I want to warn anyone who sees the Peace Corps as an alternative to the draft that life may well be easier at Fort Dix or at apost in Germany than it will be with us.

If a young person has any idealism at all, it's strongest about the time he finishes college.