"I had always hoped that the younger..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others... An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.... Power is not alluring to pure minds and is not with them the primary principle of contest.”

“Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.”

“I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.”

“If we restrict liberty to attain security we will lose them both.”

“A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.”

“Freedom of the press is perhaps the freedom that has suffered the most from the gradual degradation of the idea of liberty.”

“Here's a message to the new borns, waiting to breathe: if you believe then you can achieve. Just look at me, against all odds 'though life is hard, we carry on, livin' in the projects, broke with no lights on. To all the seeds that follow me- protect your essence, born with less, but you still precious.”

“...they enjoyed the miracle of loving each other as much at the table as in bed, and they grew to be so happy that even when they were two worn-out old people they kept on blooming like children and playing together like dogs.”

“If I was to be their real teacher and guardian, I must touch their hearts, I must share their joys and sorrows, I must help them to solve the problems that faced them, and I must take along the right channel the surging aspirations of their youth.”