The very next thing you need to be doing is the thing that terrifies you the most.

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.

As life developed, I faced each problem as it came along. As my activities and work broadened and reached out, I never tried to shirk. I tried never to evade an issue. When I found I had something to do--I just did it.

Education is the cornerstone of liberty.

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

The motivating force of the theory of a Democratic way of life is still a belief that as individuals we live cooperatively, and, to the best of our ability, serve the community in which we live.

We face the future fortified with the lessons we have learned from the past. It is today that we must create the world of the future.