Letter: Words of wisdom could be used today

"People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along?" -- Rodney King.

"This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in." -- Theodore Roosevelt.

"United we stand, divided we fall." -- Aesop.

"The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion." -- John F. Kennedy.

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -- Helen Keller.

"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." -- Henry Ford.

"A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation." -- James Freeman Clarke, sermon.

"America is nothing if it consists merely of each of us; it is something only if it consists of all of us." -- Woodrow Wilson.

"We can find common ground only by moving to higher ground." -- Jim Wallis.

"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: You haven't." -- Thomas Edison.

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." -- Dr. Seuss.

Christine Kohlhepp

This story was originally published January 15, 2016 at 2:17 PM with the headline "Letter: Words of wisdom could be used today."