I cannot but say a word and look my disapproval when I hear that my country is spending millions for war and war engines-more, I have heard, than twice as much as the entire public school system costs the nation.

My optimism is grounded in two worlds, myself and what is about me. I demand that the world be good, and lo, it obeys. I proclaim the world good, and facts range themselves to prove my proclamation overwhelmingly true.

I have depended on books not only for pleasure and for the wisdom they bring to all who read, but also for that knowledge which comes to others through their eyes and their ears.

My friends have made the story of my life.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.

Worse than being blind would be to be able to see but not have any vision.