S. I. Hayakawa
S. I. Hayakawa
Samuel Ichiye "S. I." Hayakawawas a Canadian-born American academic and politician of Japanese ancestry. He was an English professor, and served as president of San Francisco State University and then as United States Senator from California from 1977 to 1983...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 July 1906
CountryUnited States of America
community world matter
If I spoke no English, my world would be limited to the Japanese-speaking community, and no matter how talented I was, I could never do business, seek employment or take part in public affairs outside that community.
believe minorities groups
I believe we are being dishonest with language minority groups if we tell them they can take full part in American life without learning the English language.
culture united-states common
The United States is enriched by many cultures, and united by a single common language.
people common language
English, our common language, binds our diverse people.
funny-inspirational mind speak
I'm going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose.
men differences three
Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.
agreement people mind
Agreement is brought about by changing people's minds - other people's.
law century jungle
Those terrifying verbal jungles called laws are simply such directives, accumulated, codified, and systematized through the centuries.
people together language
Language is a unifying instrument which binds people together. When people speak one language they become as one, they become a society.
philosophical giving society
If everybody is rewarded just for being alive, you get the same sort of effect as you do when you reward every student just for being enrolled. You destroy not only education, you destroy society by giving A's to everyone. This is a philosophical consideration that bothers me very much as I sit in the United States Senate and see the great budget allocations going through.
giving age aging
There is only one thing age can give you, and that is wisdom.
guy different arguing
You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words.
opportunity keys participation
English is the key to full participation in the opportunities of American life.
work creativity ideas
If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.