My knees could have been stirred with a spoon.

Folklore is a collection of ridiculous notions held by other people, but not by you and me.

The important thing about human beings is not what they do, but why they do it.

It is impossible to betray another man's child - for whatever reason - without also betraying one's own. To do less than justice to another man's child, no matter who that man is, is to impair by that much the chances one's own children have for a life of meaning and purpose.

Working with children is the easiest part of educating for democracy, because children are still undefeated and have no stake in being prejudiced.

He must have had a magnificent build before his stomach went in for a career of its own.

democracy produces both heroes and villains, but it differs from a fascist state in that it does not produce a hero who is a villain.