Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.
We develop the kind of citizens we deserve.
Sometimes people think that because you have money and position you are immune from the human experience. But I can feel as lonesome and lost as the next man when I turn the key in the door and go into an empty house that is usually full of kids and dogs.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.
It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped.