First something is a great idea, then it becomes a cause, then it becomes a business and finally it becomes a racket.

Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake.

Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.

The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.

Men of thought seldom work well together, whereas between men of action there is usually an easy camaraderie.

Mass movements do not usually rise until the prevailing order has been discredited.

The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposeful lives. To be engaged in a desperate struggle for food and shelter is to be wholly free from a sense of futility