Badges mean nothing in themselves but they mark a certain achievement and they are a link between the rich and the poor. For when one girl sees a badge on a sister Scout's arm if that girl has won the same badge it at once awakens an interest and sympathy between them.

Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.

My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom's cousins and as members of our local Boy Scout troop.

I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government.

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts I rose each year through the ranks eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization.

To put yourself in another's place requires real imagination but by doing so each Girl Scout will be able to love among others happily.

I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat obedient loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics.

We must depend upon the Boy Scout Movement to produce the MEN of the future.

My purpose... to go on with my heart and soul devoting all my energies to Girl Scouts and heart and hand with them we will make our lives and the lives of the future girls happy healthy and holy.

Scouting rises within you and inspires you to put forth your best.