Lewis Strauss Is One Of

No Greater Nor More Affectionate Honor Can Be Conferred On An American Than To Have A Public School Named After Him.

Our Social And Economic System Cannot March Toward Better Days Unless It Is Inspired By Things Of The Spirit. It Is Here That The Higher Purposes Of Individualism Must Find Their Sustenance.

My Country Owes Me Nothing. It Gave Me, As It Gives Every Boy And Girl, A Chance. It Gave Me Schooling, Independence Of Action, Opportunity For Service And Honor.

Prosperity Cannot Be Restored By Raids Upon The Public Treasury.

The Great Liability Of The Engineer Compared To Men Of Other Professions Is That His Works Are Out In The Open Where All Can See Them. His Acts, Step By Step, Are In Hard Substance. He Cannot Bury His Mistakes In The Grave Like The Doctors. He Cannot Argue Them Into Thin Air Or Blame The Judge Like The Lawyers. He Cannot, Like The Architects, Cover His Failures With Trees And Vines. He Cannot, Like The Politicians, Screen His Shortcomings By Blaming His Opponents And Hope The People Will Forget. The Engineer Simply Cannot Deny He Did It. If His Works Do Not Work, He Is Damned.