Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, nev...er can willingly abandon it. They may be distressed in the midst of all their power; but they will never look to anything but power for their relief.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The sacred obligation to the Union soldiers must not--will not be forgotten nor neglected.... But those who fought against the Nat...ion cannot and do not look to it for relief.... Confederate soldiers and their descendants are to share with us and our descendants the destiny of America. Whatever, therefore, we their fellow citizens can do to remove burdens from their shoulders and to brighten their lives is surely in the pathway of humanity and patriotism.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The pressures of being a parent are equal to any pressure on earth. To be a conscious parent, and really look to that little being...'s mental and physical health, is a responsibility which most of us, including me, avoid most of the time because it's too hard.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is not merely for today, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great and free gov...ernment, which we have enjoyed all our lives.... I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am a living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has. It is in order that each of you may have through this free government which we have enjoyed, an open field and a fair chance for your industry, enterprise and intelligence; that you may all have equal privileges in the race of life, with all its desirable human aspirations.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I am slow to listen to criminations among friends, and never espouse their quarrels on either side. My sincere wish is that both s...ides will allow bygones to be bygones, and look to the present & future only.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is not in our drawing-rooms that we should look to judge of the intrinsic worth of any style of dress. The street-car is a true...r crucible of its inherent value.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We have often thought that the fittest locality for a human dwelling was on the edge of the land, that there the constant lesson a...nd impression of the sea might sink deep into the life and character of the landsman, and perhaps impart a marine tint to his imagination. It is a noble word, that mariner,--one who is conversant with the sea. There should be more of what it signifies in each of us. It is a worthy country to belong to,--we look to see him not disgrace it. Perhaps we should be equally mariners and terraners, and even our Green Mountains need some of that sea-green to be mixed with them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Holidays are in no sense an alternative to the congestion and bustle of cities and work. Quite the contrary. People look to escape... into an intensification of the conditions of ordinary life, into a deliberate aggravation of those conditions: further from nature, nearer to artifice, to abstraction, to total pollution, to well above average levels of stress, pressure, concentration and monotony--this is the ideal of popular entertainment. No one is interested in overcoming alienation; the point is to plunge into it to the point of ecstasy. That is what holidays are for.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »