"You had a very good feeling for what it was you were all trying to do together and I think that is a sign of a particularly good leader."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

"So a year ago,in 2009, when you had a majority being optimistic about American policy in the Middle East, only 29 percent said Iran having nuclear weapons would be positive for the Middle East.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

"We felt like no matter how non-violent you were, unless you had a law on the books or a decree by a court, that the same restaurant that could open up its door to a black person on Monday could close it on Tuesday if there were no law demanding it be kept open."

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

He had told a friend, "You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

It had a long title: "When You Want 'Em,You Can't Get 'Em, When You've Got 'Em,You Don't Want 'Em."

VOA: special.2009.02.08

You had better all you people of the South prepare yourselves for a settlement sooner than you are prepared for it.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

"You have had a decade or more in Africa of very slow economic progress in the nineties.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

I'm ashamed to be your father. I'd have horsewhipped you if I had a horse.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

You never even had a small doubt that once his word was given, and a course of action decided, he would honor the letter and the spirit of the agreement."

VOA: special.2009.09.13

I wish we had a sail, he said, to give you two boys a chance to rest. So they used his coat and one of the oars to make a sail and the boat moved much more quickly.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

But we are going to need you, not just here today, but you're going to have to go home and take some of what you've learned here and teach your families and folks -- the other kids in your schools who haven't had a chance to come, and figure out how you guys can get other people in your lives moving."

VOA: special.2010.06.07

"And you need to look human. Sophia Loren had a great comment in an interview.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

You can find all kinds of influences, if you look hard enough you probably even hear the classical influences I had as a little,little boy."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

"That was reassuring, but it also meant that if you were unidentified you had potential friendly fire not too far away at a moment's notice."

VOA: standard.2010.04.06