where families suffer from disasters that are preventable, this is a measure of a whole nation's neglect. A society imperils its own future when, out of negligence or contempt, it overlooks the need of children to be reared in a family ... or when, in the midst of plenty, some families cannot give their children adequate food and shelter, safe activity and rest, and an opportunity to grow into full adulthood as people who can care for and cherish other human beings like themselves.

Never underestimate that a small group of people can hold up a liquor license. Sometimes, it's the only thing that can.

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.

Warfare ... is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.

We know of no culture that has said, articulately, that there is no difference between men and women except in the way they contribute to the creation of the next generation.

The need to find meaning...is as real as the need for trust and for love, for relations with other human beings.

the people of one nation alone cannot save their own children; each holds the responsibility for the others' children.