"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
"True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth, universal brotherhood and good will, and a constant and earnest striving toward the principles and ideals on which this country was founded."
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Source: Eleanor Roosevelt (1962). “Book of common sense etiquette”
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