The driving force of a nation lies in its spiritual purpose, made effective by free, tolerant but unremitting national will.

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.

It has always seemed to me that the best symbol of common sense was a bridge.

We must be the great arsenal of Democracy.

There is no group in America that can withstand the force of an aroused public opinion.

You cannot organize civilization around the core of militarism and at the same time expect reason to control human destinies.

You sometimes find something good in the lunatic fringe. In fact, we have got as part of our social and economic government today a whole lot of things which in my boyhood were considered lunatic fringe, and yet they are now part of everyday life.