In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat of the swelling tide may be conducted to the barren places of life.

National events determine our ideals, as much as our ideals determine national events.

I believe that peace is not merely an absence of war but the nurture of human life, and that in time this nurture would do away with war as a natural process.

Hundreds of poor laboring men and women are being thrown into jails and police stations because of their political beliefs. In fact, an attempt is being made to deport an entire political party.

The task of youth is not only its own salvation but the salvation of those against whom it rebels.

The supreme religious test of our social order is the hideous commerce of prostitution.

democracy is that which affords a rule of living as well as a test of faith.