Poor minds talk about people average minds talk about events great minds talk about ideas

A democratic form of government, a democratic way of life, presupposes free public education over a long period; it presupposes also an education for personal responsibility that too often is neglected.

the greatest luxury I know is sitting up reading in bed.

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world ... Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere.

I wonder if one of the penalties of growing older is that you become more and more conscious that nothing is very permanent.

Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.