City

We must consider that we shall be as a city, set upon a hill, and the eyes of all people will be upon us. [John Winthrop]

The Puritans were in the middle of the Atlantic when they shared that vision of the city upon the hill. We are still in the middle of our journey. As long as millions of Americans suffer indignity, and punishment, and deprivation because of their color, their poverty, and our inaction, we know that we are only halfway to our goal--only halfway to a city upon a hill, a city in which we can all take pride, a city and a country in which the promises of our Constitution are at last fulfilled for all Americans.

--Robert F. Kennedy, April 28, 1965