Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought. Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder. Strike against preparedness that means death and misery to millions of human beings. Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.

The few who profit from the labor of the masses want to organize the workers into an army which will protect the interests of the capitalists.

History is a record of the incessant struggle of humanity against ignorance and oppression.

To get Congress to do anything.

The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me. I am filled with wonder when I consider the immeasurable contrasts between the two lives which it connects. It was the third of March, 1887, three months before I was seven years old.

I believe humility is a virtue, but I prefer not to use it unless it is absolutely necessary.

So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.