He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft

New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth.

From lower to the higher next, Not to the top, is Nature's text; And embryo good, to reach full stature, Absorbs the evil in its nature.

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon

The political process has made immense progress, Iraqi security forces are making a powerful difference, and the Iraqi population strongly rejects the insurgency and participates in the political process.

It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory on all, that the destiny of the free republics of America was practically settled