To Me, Working Is A

For More Than Eight Decades, Washington Has Been My Hometown. ... It Is A City That Offers Me More People -- More Different Kinds Of People -- Than I Could Otherwise Possibly Have Come To Know In A Lifetime: The Native Washingtonian, The Local Merchant, The Foreign Diplomat, The Ever-present Tourist, The Public Servant, The Journalist, The President, The Friend.

To Me, Working Is A Form Of Sustenance, Like Food Or Water, And Nearly As Essential.

I Always Thought If You Worked Hard Enough And Tried Hard Enough, Things Would Work Out. I Was Wrong.

Democracy Depends On Information Circulating Freely In Society.

The Montessori Method- Learning By Doing-once Again Became My Stock In Trade.