The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education.

The cynic says, "One man can't do anything". I say, "Only one man can do anything."

Nothing can be more readily disproved than the old saw, "You can't keep a good man down." Most human societies have been beautifully organized to keep good men down.

The man who once cursed his fate, now curses himself - and pays his psychoanalyst.

We need more than individual value systems; we need a shared vision. A nation is held together by shared values, shared beliefs, shared attitudes. That is what enables a people to maintain a cohesive society despite the tensions of daily life. That is what enables them to rise above the conflicts that plague any society.

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

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.