Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.

I think if the people of this country can be reached with the truth, their judgment will be in favor of the many, as against the privileged few

Long ago, there was a noble word, liberal, which derives from the word free. Now a strange thing happened to that word. A man named Hitler made it a term of abuse, a matter of suspicion, because those who were not with him were against him, and liberals had no use for Hitler. And then another man named McCarthy cast the same opprobrium on the word. ... We must cherish and honor the word free or it will cease to apply to us.

I feel quite sure that what the American people lack is knowledge.

The mind must be trained, rather than the memory.

Obedience may have its uses, but it is no substitute for willing, uncoerced co-operation.

I believe that it is a great mistake not to stand up for people, even when you differ with them, if you feel that they are trying to do things that will help our country.