In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.

The fundamental idea...is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us.

We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.

If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.

We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.

Democracy can thrive only when it enlists the devotion of those whom Lincoln called the common people. Democracy can hold that devotion only when it adequately respects their dignity by so ordering society as to assure to the masses of men and women reasonable security and hope for themselves and for their children.