Mencius

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.

The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least.

Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.