Michael Josephson Commentary

Michael Josephson Commentary

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.
– John F. Kennedy, 35th President (1917-1963)
In a composite Nation like ours, made up of almost every variety of the human family, there should be, as before the Law, no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no black, no white, but one country, one citizenship, equal rights, and a common destiny for all.
– Frederick Douglass, statesman, reformer (1818-1895)
The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.
– Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President (1908-1973)
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.
Robert F. Kennedy, politician (1925-1968)
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
– Martin Luther King, Jr., minister, civil-rights leader (1929-1968)
I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism that the bright daybreak of brotherhood can never become a reality. I believe that unconditional love will have the final word.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.