I like putting on a suit. I like putting on a tie.
I empathize with those who yearn for a simpler world, for some bygone golden age of domestic and international tranquility. But for the mass of humanity it is an age that never was.
Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk.
I'm bilingual. I speak English and I speak educationese.
The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared. . . to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society.
The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.
If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore.
If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted. . . . If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the Divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws.
I haven't had a drink in thirteen years, but occasionally I'm tempted to have one beer. The problem is that if I have that one beer, I wake up in Tijuana four days later with a tattoo and a sore ass
You have a choice of trusting the natural stability of gold, or the honesty and intelligence of members of government.
I should like to be famous and unknown.