May None But Honest And Wise Men

I Don't Pick My Presidents Because They Were Great Presidents. I'm Not Much Interested In Ranking Presidents And Who Is The Best And Who Is The Worst. I Am Much More Inclined To Be Interested In Them If They Had An Interesting Life And If They Were A Complete Person - And By That I Mean They Also Had Flaws And Failings.

We Are All What We Are, In Large Degree, Because Of Others Who Have Helped, Coached, Taught, Counseled, Who Set A Standard By Example, Who've Taken An Interest In Our Interests, Opened Doors, Opened Our Minds, Helped Us See, Who Gave Encouragement When We Needed It, Who Reprimanded Or Prodded When We Needed It, And At Critical Moments, Inspired.

I Often Think Of That When I Hear People Say That They Haven't Time To Read.

I Feel That What I Do Is A Calling. I Would Pay To Do What I Do If I Had To. I Will Never Live Long Enough To Do The Work I Want To Do: The Books I Would Like To Write, The Ideas I Would Like To Explore.

Little Children Can Learn Anything, Just As They Can Learn A Foreign Language. The Mind Is So Absorbent Then. There Ought To Be A Real Program To Educate Teachers Who Want To Teach Grade School Children About History.