But it's important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many of our youngest kids need to learn to respect themselves. You learn your worth from the way you are treated.

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People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom...

People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom...

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two...

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two...

The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America.

The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America.

If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I...

If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I...

The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you...

The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you...

A finished person is a boring person.

A finished person is a boring person.

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of...

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of...

There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman...

There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman...

Somewhere between a third and a quarter of all people living in America today were...

Somewhere between a third and a quarter of all people living in America today were...

When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to...

When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to...

I once wanted to be a personage. Now I am comfortable being a person.

I once wanted to be a personage. Now I am comfortable being a person.

In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another...

In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another...

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect...

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect...

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure....

I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure....

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks...

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks...

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and...

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and...

The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President...

The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President...

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We...

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We...

Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll [Le Corbusier] go write four books about...

Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll [Le Corbusier] go write four books about...

I wish you a very good journey to an unknown you've never seen.

I wish you a very good journey to an unknown you've never seen.

The less we know the more we suspect

The less we know the more we suspect

A lie travels round the world, while Truth is putting on her boots

A lie travels round the world, while Truth is putting on her boots