Frankly, I do not like the idea of conversations to define the term "unconditional surrender." ... The German people can have dinn...ed into their ears what I said in my Christmas Eve speech--in effect, that we have no thought of destroying the German people and that we want them to live through the generations like other European peoples on condition, of course, that they get rid of their present philosophy of conquest.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The parent who loves his child dearly but asks for nothing in return might qualify as a saint, but he will not qualify as a parent.... For a child who can claim love without meeting any of the obligations of love will be a self-centered child and many such children have grown up in our time to become petulant lovers and sullen marriage partners because the promise of unconditional love has not been fulfilled.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
This Administration has declared unconditional war on poverty and I have come here this morning to ask all of you to enlist as vol...unteers. Members of all parties are welcome to our tent. Members of all races ought to be there. Members of all religions should come and help us now to strike the hammer of truth against the anvil of public opinion again and again until the ears of this Nation are open, until the hearts of this Nation are touched, and until the conscience of America is awakened.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation. Freedom... is a loose leash, a license to be different from your mother and still be loved. . . . Freedom is . . . not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
a flying open of doors, convergence of magic objects into... feathered hands and crested heads, a prospect of winter verve, a buildup to abundance.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Unconditional love is loving your kids for who they are, not for what they do.... I don't mean that we like or accept inappropriat...e behavior, but with unconditional love we love the children even at those times when we dislike their behavior. Unconditional love isn't something you will achieve every minute of every day. But it is the thought we must hold in our hearts every day.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The family is both the fundamental unit of society as well as the root of culture. It represents a child's initial source of uncon...ditional love and acceptance and provides lifelong connectedness with others. The family is the first setting in which socialization takes place and where children learn to live with mutual respect for one another. A family is where a child learns to display affection, control his temper, and pick up his toys. Finally, a family is a perpetual source of encouragement, advocacy, assurance, and emotional refueling that empowers a child to venture with confidence into the greater world and to become all that he can be.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Protest, evasion, merry distrust, and a delight in mockery are symptoms of health: everything unconditional belongs in pathology.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Unconditional love also includes--the ardent desire to be abused: at that point it is a defiance directed against itself, and out ...of its devotion the very wish for self-annihilation finally arises: "Drown in this sea!"LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »