So much has been given me I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.

It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.

The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better.

Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

The bulk of the world's knowledge is an imaginary construction.

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.

It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.