"Certainly it is that whatever we help to do engages our attention and our interest more deeply than those things that seem to us to be free and to come without effort."
"Lincoln said this better than anybody else."
"And I want to pledge, here and now, that this kind of effort will have the support of the Federal Government as long as I am connected with it."
"It is because our citizens have taken direct responsibility for their schools and colleges that, through the years, American education has flourished."
"I am convinced that the people of the United States will develop programs of effective action."
"I deeply believe that the primary responsibility for meeting these problems must lie with the States and local communities, and that the Federal Government should strengthen and not interfere with Sta..."
"In my judgment, we have in this program a great opportunity to meet the needs of education in our country."
"It is not the fault of science if it is used wickedly."
"But here, inside this building, we have a frontier possibly of even greater romantic value as well as greater material value to us than were some of the discoveries of those days."
"The second is that I am privileged to push a button--and of course, this being a scientific thing, you couldn't do it by just pulling a cord--this is very scientifically done, this dedication."
"And in so doing, it is my high privilege to dedicate this facility of the Bureau of Standards to the welfare of humanity--in America and throughout the world."