This is what I give. I give an expression of care every day to each child, to help him realize that he is unique. I end each program by saying, 'You've made this day a special day by just your being you. There's no person in the whole world like you. And I like you just the way you are.' And I feel that if we in public television can only make it clear that feelings are mentionable and manageable, we will have done a great service.


Testimony before U.S. Senate committee, May 1, 1969. Featured in Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor (television documentary), 2003.

Fred Rogers Quotes

This is what I give. I give an expression of care every day to each child, to help him realize that he is unique. I end each program by saying,...

This is what I give. I give an expression of care every day to each child, to help him realize that he is unique. I end each program by saying,...

This is what I give. I give an expression of care every day to each child, to help him realize that he is unique. I end each program by saying,...

This is what I give. I give an expression of care every day to each child, to help him realize that he is unique. I end each program by saying,...