I believe that it is a great mistake not to stand up for people, even when you differ with them, if you feel that they are trying to do things that will help our country.

The economy of communism is an economy which grows in an atmosphere of misery and want.

the fundamental right of freedom of thought and expression is essential. If you curtail what the other fellow says and does, you curtail what you yourself may say and do.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

Each time you learn something new you must readjust the whole framework of your knowledge

I have always seen life personally; my interest or sympathy or indignation is not aroused by an abstract cause but by the plight of a single person...Out of my response to an individual develops an awareness of a problem to the community, then to the country, then to the world.

Beautiful old people are works of art.