May 31, 1819
Walt Whitman
“The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people.”
June 3, 1906
Josephine Baker
“Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one’s soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.”
June 6, 1935
Tenzin Gyatso, The Dalai Lama
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
