The first and last task of aleader is to keep hope alive.

If our society continues at its present rate to become less livable as it becomes more affluent, we promise all to end up in sumptuous misery.

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

We cannot have islands of excellence in a sea of slovenly indifference to standards.

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.

The world loves talent but pays off on character.