The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity.

The national park is the best idea America ever had.

Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existence.

Communication is the key to education, understanding and peace.

Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know the things he thinks he knows.

Individualism, the love of enterprise, and the pride in personal freedom, have been deemed by Americans not only as their choicest, but their peculiar and exclusive possessions.

To most people, nothing is more troublesome than the effort of thinking.

A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature.

The chief practical use of history is to deliver us from plausible historical analogies.

An alcoholic is someone who can violate his standards faster than he can lower them.

A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.

Kindness is more persuasive than force.

Being able to see an activity log of where a kid has been going on the Internet is a good thing.

I'm just not prepared to be treated like this anymore.' 'Treated like what?' She sighed, and it was a moment before she spoke. 'Like you always want to be somewhere else, with someone else.

How many presidents, do you think, ever said to another guy: 'I can't believe we're doing this in the White House'?

Hundreds of thousands of kids now have a chance to be adopted because I worked to change our adoption and foster care system.

If we don't empower women, we don't allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.

If I were a player, I would like to be like Busquets.