Wars are not acts of God. They are caused by man, by man-made institutions, by the way in which man has organized his society. What man has made, man can change.

The basis of the First Amendment is the hypothesis that speech can rebut speech, propaganda will answer propaganda, free debate of ideas will result in the wisest governmental policies.

The problems we face are human problems and therefore are capable of human solutions.

Kids can and will thrive in the right conditions, but it all seems to start with the teachers, and giving those teachers the resources to teach- and not just to test.

It is not about giving her the world, it is all about making her realize that she is the only one in it.

Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for its own sake but as he was given to saying it straightened out one's thoughts.

You develop a sympathy for all human beings when you travel a lot.

I'd imagine my wedding as a fairy tale... huge, beautiful and white.

It is thus that you may lead a charmed life and be forever protected from all harm; it is thus you may become a positive force whereby conditions of opulence and harmony may be attracted to you.

Men's memories are uncertain and the past that was differs little from the past that was not.

I can always see ways to improve what I've done. At the same time, knowing it's all an ongoing life's work allows me to be less precious about blind alleys, failed experiments, and misfires.

Want me to spend the night? Hey lover boy, you know I will, and my best girlfriend lives down the road, together we will thrill you.

Why seekest thou rest, since thou art born to labor? [Lat., Cur quaeris quietem, quam natus sis ad laborem?]