While the spirit of neighborliness was important on the frontier because neighbors were so few, it is even more important now because our neighbors are so many.

Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.

I believe that one of the great problems for us as individuals is the depression and the tension resulting from existence in a world which is increasingly less pleasing to the eye.

Even though Christmas can be a lot of work, we all know the bustle is worth the bother.

It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you.

I love Washington, but it is a self-important town.

The challenge we now face is to build on the record of the past, to continue accepting new responsibilities and seeking new opportunities to serve.