If 600,000 people have to die in order for the nation to live, then 600,000 people will die.

You must think I am a high-priced man.... Fifteen dollars is enough for the job. I send you a receipt for fifteen dollars, and return to you a ten-dollar bill.

All that serves labor serves the Nation. All ^ that harms labor is treason to America. No line can be drawn between these two. If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool. There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other.

None seemed to think the injury arose from the use of a bad thing but from the abuse of a very good thing

The world is agreed that labor is the source from which human wants are mainly supplied. There is no dispute upon this point.

I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.