I have always felt that it was important that everyone who was a worker join a labor organization.

One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.

First of my own personal requirements is inner calm. This, I think, is an essential. One of the secrets of using your time well is to gain a certain ability to maintain peace within yourself so that much can go on around you and you can stay calm inside.

I feel quite sure that what the American people lack is knowledge.

If we do not pay for children in good schools, then we are going to pay for them in prisons and mental hospitals.

So I took an interest in politics, but I don't know whether I enjoyed it! It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a particular dish for dinner.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.