[D]rilling and arming, when carried on on a national scale, excite whole populations to frenzies which end in war.

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.

Our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.

The forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid.

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.

The moment a mere numerical superiority by either states or voters in this country proceeds to ignore the needs and desires of the minority, and for their own selfish purpose or advancement, hamper or oppress that minority, or debar them in any way from equal privileges and equal rights-that moment will mark the failure of our constitutional system.

We have the men--the skill--the wealth--and above all, the will.... We must be the great arsenal of democracy.