The new growth in the plant swelling against the sheath, which at the same time imprisons and protects it, must still be the truest type of progress.

As democracy modifies our conception of life, it constantly raises the value and function of each member of the community, however humble he may be.

The common stock of intellectual enjoyment should not be difficult of access because of the economic position of him who would approach it.

The classical city promoted play with careful solicitude, building the theater and stadium as it built the market place and the temple.

The task of youth is not only its own salvation but the salvation of those against whom it rebels.

We have learned to say that the good must be extended to all of society before it can be held secure by any one person or any one class. But we have not yet learned to add to that statement, that unless all [people] and all classes contribute to a good, we cannot even be sure that it is worth having.

Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.