I would say that social work began in my mind in the Unitarian Church when I was ten or twelve years old, and I started to do things that I thought would help other people.

I regard the principle of conscription of life as a flat contradiction of all our cherished ideals of individual freedom, democratic liberty and Christian teaching.

I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial of everything which ideally and in practice I hold sacred.

The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it.

So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.

I'm not stubborn. My way is just better.

That is why enemies can be great motivators. They serve as fuel for your fire.

A Mother & Daughter's Love Is Never Separated

So much one man can do that does both act and know.

Here I begin to know that blessedness is what can be snatched out the passing day and put away to think of afterwards.

Watching other teams in the World Series is like watching somebody else eat a Hot Fudge Sundae.

School is a drill for the battle of life. If you fail in the drill you will fail in the battle.

If nobody quotes you, you haven't said a thing worth saying.

The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men and women.

Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.