The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.

There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.

I don't think the real America is in New York or on the Pacific Coast; personally, I like the Middle West much better, places like North and South Dakota, Minneapolis and Saint Paul. There, I think, are the true Americans

By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none.

I hate the sight of blood, but it's in my veins.

I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone, and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful.