Franklin [D. Roosevelt] had a good way of simplifying things. He made people feel that he had a real understanding of things and they felt they had about the same understanding.

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

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

I think it is impossible for one human being really to know another without first knowing and being at peace with himself.

I consider those are rich who are doing something they feel worthwhile and which they enjoy doing.

Poverty is an expensive luxury. We cannot afford it.