Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim to be civilized men.

Without equality, I say, there cannot be liberty.

A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical.

Every State is known by the rights it maintains.

Those who know the normal life of the poor... will realize well enough that without economic security, liberty is not worth having.

The only real security for social well-being is the free exercise of men's minds.

It would be madness to let the purposes or the methods of private enterprise set the habits of the age of atomic energy.