With all their faults, trade-unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed.

A jury is more apt to be unbiased and independent than a court, but they very seldom stand up against strong public clamor. Judges naturally believe the defendant is guilty.

Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.

When we fully understand the brevity of life, its fleeting joys and unavoidable pains; when we accept the facts that all men and women are approaching an inevitable doom: the consciousness of it should make us more kindly and considerate of each other. This feeling should make men and women use their best efforts to help their fellow travelers on the road, to make the path brighter and easier as we journey on. It should bring a closer kinship, a better understanding, and a deeper sympathy for the wayfarers who must live a common life and die a common death.

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.

I go to a better tailor than any of you and pay more for my clothes. The only difference is that you probably don't sleep in yours.

I had a vivid imagination. Not only could I put myself in the other person's place, but I could not avoid doing so. My sympathies always went out to the weak, the suffering, and the poor. Realizing their sorrows I tried to relieve them in order that I myself might be relieved.