Collective bargaining has always been the bedrock of the American labor movement. I hope that you will continue to anchor your movement to this foundation. Free collective bargaining is good for the entire Nation. In my view, it is the only alternative to State regulation of wages and prices - a path which leads far down the grim road of totalitarianism. Those who would destroy or further limit the rights of organized labor - those who would cripple collective bargaining or prevent organization of the unorganized - do a disservice to the cause of democracy.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

History will never accept difficulties as an excuse.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

It is our task in our time and in our generation, to hand down undiminished to those who come after us, as was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural wealth and beauty which is ours.

There is a connection, hard to explain logically but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts.

What's the use of being Irish if the world doesn't break your heart?