The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation, but rather the care given to the welfare of all the people.

The woman who works for a dollar a day has as much right as any other human being to say what the conditions of her work should be.

I have often been asked, Do not people bore you? I do not understand quite what that means. I suppose the calls of the stupid and curious, especially of newspaper reporters, are always inopportune. I also dislike people who try to talk down to my understanding. They are like people who when walking with you try to shorten their steps to suit yours; the hypocrisy in both cases is equally exasperating.

We should respect all people.

Blindness separates us from things but deafness separates us from people.

Happiness is like the mountain summit. It is sometimes hidden by clouds, but we know it is there.

Ideas without action are useless.