When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic.

Of all classes the rich are the most noticed and the least studied.

For the sake of The Progressive, I will say that [Robert] La Follette was relevant, but he was the last.

Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.

The Senate has unlimited debate; in the House, debate is ruthlessly circumscribed. There is frequent discussion as to which technique most effectively frustrates democratic process.

The problem of the modern economy is not a failure of a knowledge of economics; it's a failure of a knowledge of history.

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.