If we would leave parties to the politicians, and would vote not for the party, not even for men, but for the city, and the State, and the nation, we should rule parties, and cities, and States, and nation.

The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

So youve been over into Russia? said Bernard Baruch, and I answered very literally, I have been over into the future and it works.

The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

It is privilege that causes evil in the world, not wickedness, and not men.

If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality.

The Soviet government sprouted and grew out of the habits, the psychology, and the condition of the Russian people. It fitted them. They understand it.