The function of the press is very high. It is almost holy. It ought to serve as a forum for the people, through which the people may know freely what is going on. To misstate or suppress the news is a breach of trust.

The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.

The US States are our laboratories of democracy.

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

The goose that lays golden eggs has been considered a most valuable possession. But even more profitable is the privilege of taking the golden eggs laid by somebody else's goose. The investment bankers and their associates now enjoy that privilege.

I think all of our human Experience shows that no one with absolute power can be trusted to give it up even in part

People fear witches, and burn women.