“Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught Hell for.”

“In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.”

“We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.”

“Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.”

“The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.”

“I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.”

“To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.”

“I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.”

“The sports page records people's accomplishments the front page usually records nothing but man's failures.”

“Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught Hell for.”

“We are now at the point where we must decide whether we are to honour the concept of a plural society which gains strength through diversity or whether we are to have bitter fragmentation that will result in perpetual tension and strife.”