All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on the Mayflower.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.

People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

When hope turns dark, I will bring the sun to light it, I shall guide, protect thee, For I am the human spirit.Poem: God’s Dream, in ‘Chameleon Lights

I don't think that because I am Hispanic I should therefore do Hispanic work.

When I write songs, I try to write in a way to reach as many people as I can, to be a lighthouse versus a flashlight.

It's always nice to be challenged.

I want my daughters to be respected as human beings; that's the country I'm fighting for.

But this word will I say to my enemies: What is all manslaughter in comparison with what you have done to me!

When you want to have entertainment, it must be a waste of time. I don't like that. I don't like improvisation being pointless.

In California in the early Spring, There are pale yellow mornings, when the mist burns slowly into day, The air stings like Autumn, clarifies like pain - Well, I have dreamed this coast myself.

The White Savior Industrial Complex is not about justice. It is about having a big emotional experience that validates privilege.

Real optimism is exposed to the worst but expects the best.