I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.

Our political problem now is, "Can we as a nation continue together permanently - forever - half slave and half free?"

A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

. . . peace is a thing which a person must be willing to fight for . . .

Every head should be cultivated.

I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.

The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous.