Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

False principles, which correspond with the bad as well as with the just aspirations of mankind, are a normal and necessary element in the social life of nations.

Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.

To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.

Liberty is the harmony between the will and the law.