When hope is taken away from a people, moral degeneration follows swiftly thereafter.

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

The rich are always afraid.

My first vivid memory is...when first I looked into her face and she looked into mine. That I do remember, and that exchanging looks I have carried with me all of my life. We recognized each other. I was her child and she was my mother.

For Nature is not unjust. She does not steal into the womb and like an evil fairy give her good gifts secretly to men and deny them to women. Men and women are born free and equal in ability and brain. The injustice begins after birth.

The only real danger to our country is from within, that we forget our own power to be what we want to be.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.