Fred Rogers: Mr. Rogers, King Friday XIII, Lady Elaine Fairchilde, Daniel Striped Tiger

Quotes 

• Mr. Rogers : People can make machines do helpful things, or they can make them do harmful things. I guess you know how important I think people are. When we start thinking about everything in the world, it's the people who are the most important part of all.

• Lady Aberlin : I can't help you, Uncle Friday. I told you again and again that I think that this whole thing is wrong. There's something terribly wrong about it.

  King Friday XIII : Don't you want this neighborhood to be protected? If Southwood is building bombs, we must do the same.

  Lady Aberlin : Why?

  King Friday XIII : Well, because... er, it's just the thing to do.

  Lady Aberlin : But, Uncle Friday, we don't even know the people of Southwood.

  King Friday XIII : We know that they might be building bombs.

  Lady Aberlin : That's not proof enough for me.

• Mr. Rogers : [showing a braille writing machine and how he writes in braille]  If there was no light in the room, and you knew how to read braille, you could read a book. Or if you didn't see well with your eyes, you could feel the letters of a book in braille like this.

  [reads with his. fingers] 

  Mr. Rogers : There are many ways of communicating what's important to people.

• Mr. Rogers : People don't have to imagine bad things all the time, you know. We can imagine good things, too.

• Lady Elaine Fairchilde : They'll never get me to believe all that bomb stuff!

  Lady Aberlin : Oh! Am I ever glad to hear you say that!