Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.

If you hold your fire until you see the whites of his eyes, you will never know what hit you.

The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the dictates of a sound policy. It is in violation of the traditions of America.

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country... By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level - I mean the wages of decent living.

Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors.

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.