Once he wrote in his excellent book on excellence these words: 'The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.'
Remarks on Announcing the Nominations of Anthony J. Celebrezze as Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, and of John W...
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Thank you all for your welcome and for the wonderful work that you carry on.
In that pursuit, Mr. President, United States support will be gladly given.
Sometimes it is your job to go out and scout the road, to encounter and overcome the difficulties that always accompany such a vast new venture as this.
On several occasions I have pledged the full participation of the United States in the development of a World Weather Watch in cooperation with other nations of the world.
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