The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free form of government.

A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding.

I believe it is a tradition in baseball that when a pitcher has a no-hitter going, no one reminds him of it.

May we grow in strength — without pride in self. May we, in our dealings with all peoples of the earth, ever speak truth and serve justice. And so shall America — in the sight of all men of good will — prove true to the honorable purposes that bind and rule us as a people in all this time of trial through which we pass.

If we make ourselves worthy of America's ideals, if we do not forget that our nation was founded on the premise that all men are creatures of God's making, the world will come to know that it is free men who carry forward the true promise of human progress and dignity.

Don't join the book burners... Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book.

Some politician some years ago said that bad officials are elected by good voters who do not vote.