The mind must be trained, rather than the memory.

The freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat.

A democratic form of government, a democratic way of life, presupposes free public education over a long period; it presupposes also an education for personal responsibility that too often is neglected.

We all grow older and we all have to live with ourselves.

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

The word communist, of course, has become a rallying cry for certain people here just as the word Jew was in Hitler's Germany, a way of arousing emotion without engendering thought.

What I have learned from my own experience is that the most important ingredients in a child's education are curiosity, interest, imagination, and a sense of the adventure of life.