Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?

I believe strongly in the Constitutional principle of separating church and state. Our founders were right in fearing that religious freedom would be threatened in the long run by a departure from governmental neutrality in spiritual matters.

My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another.

Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.

Peace requires the simple but powerful recognition that what we have in common as human beings is more important and crucial than what divides us.

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

Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education.