To yearn for a single, and usually simple, explanation of the chaotic materials of the past, to search for a single thread in that most tangled of all skeins, is a sign of immaturity.

History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion and philosophy are useful. Without it - as with these - life would be poorer and meaner; without it we should be denied some of those intellectual and moral experiences which give meaning and richness to life. Surely it is no accident that the study of history has been the solace of many of the noblest minds of every generation.

Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.

Its awfully hard to be the son of a great man and also of a half-crazy woman.

It is probably safe to say that over a long period of time, political morality has been as high as business morality.

America was born of revolt, flourished in dissent, became great through experimentation.

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change.