I have a great objection to seeing anyone, particularly anyone whom I care about, lose his self-control.

For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others.

Strength that goes wrong is even more dangerous than weakness that goes wrong.

Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the government, where it touches their daily lives and where their influence is exerted on the government. It must not be a distant thing, someone else's business, but they must see how every cog in the wheel of a democracy is important and bears its share of responsibility for the smooth running of the entire machine.

A guest is really good or bad because of the host or hostess who makes being a guest an easy or a difficult task.

I found that almost everyone had something interesting to contribute to my education.

The word communist, of course, has become a rallying cry for certain people here just as the word Jew was in Hitler's Germany, a way of arousing emotion without engendering thought.