Thurgood Marshall symbolizes what is best about our American society: the belief that human rights must be satisfied through the orderly processes of law.

No one who knew him thought that he would say 'no' when a new and an even more compelling challenge was presented to him by his President.

They are calling human beings together in a hundred ways to cope with the problems of the city and the village life.

I GRIEVE with you in the death of your son.

We labor towards the day when the cause of brotherhood may prevail, and the violence that sometimes scars the face of America may be ended.

The limitations upon the Commander in Chief and the executive branch of the government here sought to be imposed are a clear violation of separation of powers.

The legislative and executive branches share responsibility for the security of the nation, and each has a vital role to play.

In addition to the constitutional principle involved, effective national defense in this nuclear age requires flexibility in the management of our defense installations, including the assignment of their respective missions.

Its enactment would represent a fundamental encroachment on one of the great principles of the American Constitutional system--the separation of powers between the Legislative and Executive branches.

The power of the Congress in which I served for nearly two dozen years, is not served by assuming executive functions.

Many of them will never even begin the new term.

We cannot commit ourselves, for the prolonged period required by this bill, to delay action necessary to meet the realities of the troubled world in which we live.

In our history, the Congress has occasionally passed bills which have required, in various circumstances, that executive action must be deferred until the proposed action has been reported to specified Congressional committees, and the…

Further, the American people are entitled to a dollar's worth of defense for every dollar spent.

For these reasons, I am compelled to return this bill without my approval.

The Congress enacts the laws.

Now what we have done this summer is more than just a matter of finding summer jobs for youngsters.

What we have done this summer is more than just a matter of finding summer jobs for youngsters.