You just don't know anything unless you can write it. Sure you can argue things out in your own head and bring them out at parties, but in order to argue anything thoroughly, you must be able to put it down on paper.

I believe we are being dishonest with language minority groups if we tell them they can take full part in American life without learning the English language.

It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

America is an open society, more open than any other in the world. People of every race, of every color, of every culture are welcomed here to create a new life for themselves and their families. And what do these people who enter into the American mainstream have in common? English, our shared common language.

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

The English Language Amendment says above all, 'Let's see to it that our children, our young people, learn English. Let us not deny them the opportunity to participate in American life, so that they can go as far as their dreams and talents can take them.

How anybody dresses is indicative of his self-concept. If students are dirty and ragged, it indicates they are not interested in tidying up their intellects either.