I Can't Be A Pessimist, Because I

The Purpose Of Education...is To Create In A Person The Ability To Look At The World For Himself, To Make His Own Decisions.

The Most Dangerous Creation Of Any Society Is The Man Who Has Nothing To Lose.

People Are Too Various To Be Treated So Lightly. I Am Too Various To Be Trusted.

American History Is Longer, Larger, More Various, More Beautiful, And More Terrible Than Anything Anyone Has Ever Said About It.

For, While The Tale Of How We Suffer, And How We Are Delighted, And How We May Triumph Is Never New, It Always Must Be Heard. There Isn't Any Other Tale To Tell, It's The Only Light We've Got In All This Darkness.