The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses.

History shows that great economic and social forces flow like a tide over communities only half conscious of that which is befalling them. Wise statesmen foresee what time is thus bringing, and try to shape institutions and mold men's thoughts and purposes in accordance with the change that is silently coming on. The unwise are those who bring nothing constructive to the process, and who greatly imperil the future of mankind by leaving great questions to be fought out between ignorant change on one hand and ignorant opposition to change on the other.

Everything must be free to be written and published without restraint.

The object of universities is not to make skillful lawyers, physicians or engineers. It is to make capable and cultivated human beings

In proportion to the development of his individuality, each person becomes more valuable to himself, and is therefore capable of being more valuable to others. . . .

In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.