Serve, serve, serve. Because in the end, it will be the servants who save us all.

When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa.

Working in an underdeveloped land for two or three years, the volunteer will often find that his work is routine and full of frustration.

If a young person has any idealism at all, it's strongest about the time he finishes college.

It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant.

If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.

The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should.