I mean, the fight for a health care bill to cover all Americans and leave none behind is attacked as being a race appeal, which is not true, but then it's put out in the media as true.

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Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they...

Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they...

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not...

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not...

Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet

Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet

I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to...

I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to...

So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia...

So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia...

I hear that melting-pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we...

I hear that melting-pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we...

At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward...

At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward...

We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.

We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.

Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born...

Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born...

Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they...

Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they...

Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a...

Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a...

When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.

When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.

Keep hope alive!

Keep hope alive!

I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.

I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.

When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.

When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

After last night's debate, the reputation of Messieurs Lincoln and Douglas is secure.

After last night's debate, the reputation of Messieurs Lincoln and Douglas is secure.