You can't prove you're an American by waving Old Glory.

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.

I know the force women can exert in directing the course of events.

Politicians aren't any more wicked than other citizens but the situation in which they are placed warps their judgment.

The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice - between our aims and what we actually do - creates a moral dry rot which eats away at the foundations of our democratic faith.

There is no danger is letting people have their say. ... There is a danger when you try to stop them from saying it.

Democracy cannot long survive when the people permit their lives to be dominated - economically or politically - by a powerful few.