Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

What I have desired to do is to make the people of Boston realize that the most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.

Behind every argument is somebody's ignorance. Rediscover the foundation of truth and the purpose and causes of dispute immediately disappear.

If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.

Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.

To be good Americans, we must be better Jews, and to be better Jews, we must become Zionists.

Strong, responsible unions are essential to industrial fair play. Without them the labor bargain is wholly one-sided.