Comparison is the thief of all joy.

Once your children are grown up and have children of their own, the problems are theirs and the less the older generation interferes the better.

The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government.

Do one thing everyday that scares you. Those small things that make us uncomfortable help us build courage to do the work we do.

We will have to want peace, want it enough to pay for it, before it becomes an accepted rule.

I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

A woman has, first of all, her duties in their own home, and there are many women particularly when they're young, who can do an active job in their community like being a mayor, but who cannot go to Washington or Albany or wherever the capital of the state is. There are others who can, can leave home, whose children are older and so forth. I think it all is a personal decision.