Juventutem Quotes

#1. What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?
[Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#2. It is probably a pity that every citizen of each state cannot visit all the others, to see the differences, to learn what we have in common, and come back with a richer, fuller understanding of America - in all its beauty, in all its dignity, in all its strength, in support of moral principles.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

#3. Ensconced in our finite spaces,
We think we are at the helm of justice:
Degrading people's minutest of affairs.

Taranum

#4. I know few significant questions of public policy which can safely be confided to computers. In the end, the hard decisions inescapably involve imponderables of intuition, prudence, and judgment.

John F. Kennedy

#5. He who (tries to) govern a state by his wisdom is a scourge to it; while he who does not (try to) do so is a blessing.

Lao-Tzu

#6. If people are crazy enough to dare, impossible things happen.

Richard Branson

#7. Lively, intelligent, and quite immature, [Emily] usually burst out with exactly the comment that summed up the situation beautifully and therefore could never in politeness be said.

Clare B. Dunkle