Margaret Mead on America

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.

Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919Kansas City Star (7 May 1918)

• Politics

Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing…after they have exhausted all other possibilities.

Winston Churchill1874–1965

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

H. L. Mencken1880–1956‘Notes On Journalism’ in the Chicago Tribune (19 September 1926)