...no matter how avid they themselves may be for praise and appreciation, people are often niggardly in giving it to others, however merited it is.

Of course, I do not believe in having everyone who is a liberal called a communist, or everyone who is conservative called a fascist.

If we do not pay for children in good schools, then we are going to pay for them in prisons and mental hospitals.

It is curious how much more interest can be evoked by a mixture of gossip, romance and mystery than by facts.

Keep us at tasks too hard for us that we may be driven to Thee for strength.

A respect for the rights of other peoples to determine their forms of government and their economy will not weaken our democracy. It will inevitably strengthen it.

The leisure class is one in which individuals have sufficient economic security and sufficient leisure to find opportunity for a variety of satisfactions in life.