I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know!

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.