Be confident, not certain

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

We need emotional outlets in this country, and the more artistic people we develop the better it will be for us as a nation.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

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.

Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says: it can't be done.

We must do that which we think we cannot.