English, our common language, binds our diverse people.

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.

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.

We live in a highly competitive society, each of us trying to outdo the other in wealth, in popularity or social prestige, in dress, in scholastic grades or golf scores. One is often tempted to say that conflict, rather than cooperation, is the great governing principle of human life.

The meanings of words are not in the words, they are in us.

You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words.

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.