Here's a proposal, offered only partly in jest: no resident of the United States, whether born here or abroad, should get to be a citizen until age 18, at which time each such resident has to take a test.

But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit, For if they could, Cupid himself would blush To see me thus transformed to a boy

William Shakespeare

Keep true. Never be ashamed of doing right. Decide what you think is right and stick to it.

George Eliot

I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up.

Frank Lloyd Wright

There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people.

Ray Bradbury

Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman's natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive.

Ann Oakley

At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted.

Barbara Kingsolver

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

Victor Hugo

I've done my best, and I begin to understand what is meant by 'the joy of strife'. Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

L.M. Montgomery

It is pleasing to God whenever thou rejoices or laughest from the bottom of thy heart

Martin Luther King Jr.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

Josh Billings

Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe.

Michael D. Higgins

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought , and attended to my answer.

Henry David Thoreau