Organize first for knowledge, first with the object of making us know ourselves as a nation, for we have to do that before we canbe of value to other nations of the world and then organize to accomplish the things that you decide to want. Anddon't make decisions with the interest of youth alone before you. Make your decisions because they are good for the nation as a whole.

Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

If you prepare yourself at every point as well as you can, with whatever means you may have, however meager they may seem, you will be able to grasp opportunity for broader experience when it appears. Without preparation you cannot do it.

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.

I learned then that practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good, and that motives are often more important than actions.

Understanding is a two-way street.