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

I do not believe in communism any more than you do but there is nothing wrong with the Communists in this country. Several of the best friends I have got are Communists.

Continued dependence on relief inducers a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber.

A world turned into a stereotype, a society converted into a regiment, a life translated into a routine, make it difficult for either art or artists to survive. Crush individuality in society and you crush art as well. Nourish the conditions of a free life and you nourish the arts, too.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man or one party or one nation. It must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world.

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