We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This declaration may well become the international Magna Carta for all men everywhere. We hope its proclamation by the General Assembly will be an event comparable to the proclamation in 1789 [of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man], the adoption of the Bill of Rights by the people of the U.S., and the adoption of comparable declarations at different times in other countries.

I think if the people of this country can be reached with the truth, their judgment will be in favor of the many, as against the privileged few

Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without being related to you and repeatedly questioning why you're in nonprofit.

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.

Beautiful old people are works of art.

We need emotional outlets in this country, and the more artistic people we develop the better it will be for us as a nation.

There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.