After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

Charles Dickens

It was morning through the high window I saw the pure, bright blue of the sky as it hovered cheerfully over the long roofs of the neighboring houses. It too seemed full of joy, as if it had special plans, and had put on its finest clothes for the occasion.

Herman Hesse

The written word can be erased -- not so with the spoken word.

Source Unknown

Man lives consciously for himself, but serves as an unconscious instrument for the achievement of historical, universally human goals.

Leo Tolstoy

God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man.

William Shakespeare

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

Albert Einstein

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

U. Thant

Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you.

Lord Chesterfield

I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldn't just give up and leave school. It was only when I heard my mom's voice that I came out of my hiding place.

Zhang Ziyi

If you wish for peace be ready for war.

Proverb

You can't control the past, but you can control where you go next.

Kirsten Hubbard

Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.

Nancy Pelosi