America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

The tax-exempt privilege is a feature always reflected in the market price of [municipal] bonds. The investor pays for it.

Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.

To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution.

I used to oppose women's suffrage and I've come to support it because these women have convinced me that we need full gender equality for full democratic participation.

Repression breeds hate; hate menaces stable government.