A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.

When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.

Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what is wrong with society.

Democracy appears to me potentially a higher form of political organization than any kind of dictatorship. But if it turns out that in America, which could afford a decent living for everyone, the comfortable majority is willing to condone the misery and abuse of a minority for an indefinite period, the exploitation by the majority becomes as repugnant as exploitation by an oligarchy, and democracy loses half its supposed superiority.

The children who are appreciated for what they are, even if they are homely, or clumsy, or slow, will grow up with confidence in themselves and happy. They will have a spirit that will make the best of all the capacities that they do have and of all the opportunities that come their way.

I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.

I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.