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"the fundamental right of freedom of thought and expression is essential. If you curtail what the other fellow says and does, you curtail what you yourself may say and do."
"There are no have-to's, just choices"
"If you approach each new person you meet in a spirit of adventure, you will find yourself endlessly fascinated by the new channels of thought and experience and personality that you encounter."
"Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart."
"... any citizen should be willing to give all that he has to give his country in work or sacrifice in times of crisis."
"The people who came to New England, came for freedom of religion. The problem is, freedom of religion to them meant freedom for only their religion"
"Unused ability, like unused muscles, will atrophy."
"Home-making today should have a background of scientific training because only in this way can real efficiency be achieved. The average girl wants to be able to keep her house with the least possible strain, and in order to do this she must have good training. This can best be achieved by taking a good course in home economics."
"The basis of all good human behavior is kindness."
"One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short."
"Once your children are grown up and have children of their own, the problems are theirs and the less the older generation interferes the better."
"Nothing was ever accomplished by anyone who said 'It can't be done.'"
"The greatest gift you can give a child is an imagination."
"...no matter how avid they themselves may be for praise and appreciation, people are often niggardly in giving it to others, however merited it is."
"There is no more precious experience in life than friendship. And I am not forgetting love and marriage as I write this; the lovers, or the man and wife, who are not friends are but weakly joined together. One enlarges his circle of friends through contact with many people. One who limits those contacts narrows the circle and frequently his own point of view as well."
"To appear to be on the inside and know more than others about what is going on is a great temptation for most people. It is a rare person who is willing to seem to know less than he does ... Somehow, people seem to feel that it is belittling to their importance not to know more than other people."
"experience should teach us that it is always the unexpected that does occur."
"Government exists for one purpose: to make things better for all people."
"In the long run there is no more exhilarating experience than to determine one's position, state it bravely and then act boldly."
"I do not want church groups controlling the schools of our country. They must remain free."