Nearly all legislation involves a weighing of public needs as against private desires; and likewise a weighing of relative social values.

Ownership has been separated from control; and this separation has removed many of the checks which formerly operated to curb the misuse of wealth and power.

Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement.

In a democracy, the most important office is the office of citizen

Crime is contagious....if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law.

No one can really pull you up very high - you lose your grip on the rope. But on your own two feet you can climb mountains.

Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.