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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.

If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.

What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should...

What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should...

Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They...

Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They...

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in...

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in...

For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.

For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.

We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are...

We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are...

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the...

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the...

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment,...

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment,...

Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and...

Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and...

But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one...

But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one...

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders...

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders...

I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of...

I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of...

In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the...

In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the...

We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we...

We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we...

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as...

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as...

Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe...

Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe...

Life is too large to hang out a sign: For Men Only.

Life is too large to hang out a sign: For Men Only.

We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and...

We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and...

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control...

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control...