Is it not rather what we expect in men that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.

There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure which a just pride ought to discard.

If history repeats itself and the unexpected always happens how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

When I look at my daughter who's 24 she is much more confident than I ever was and her expectations are higher. But I worry that there is a backlash brewing against progress on equality.

Why should we not expect self-designated environmental leaders to practice what they preach?

Many seventh graders I know in Illinois as well as around the Nation are studying the Constitution. I was pretty impressed with the quality of education our children are receiving because they had not expected me to ask them about it.

I think we were raised in a nice Texas Jewish family where education was the most important thing and close behind that was the arts. It was emphasized and expected that we'd play piano.

What makes me angry? The education of children. How in God's name can you expect to have a functioning society the way we teach our kids?