Democracy is not a static thing. It is an everlasting march.

The forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid.

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

'Peace on earth, good will toward men' - democracy must cling to that message. For it is my deep conviction that democracy cannot live without that true religion which gives a nation a sense of justice and moral purpose.

The traditional Jeffersonian principle of religious freedom was so broadly democratic that it included the right to have no religion at all - it gave to the individual the right to worship any God he chose or no god.

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it; if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. The millions who are in want will not stand by silently forever while the things to satisfy their needs are within easy reach.