The right most valued by all civilized men is the right to be left alone.

The US States are our laboratories of democracy.

At the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and which subjects them to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen.

... fear breeds repression; that repression breeds hate; that hate menaces stable government; that the path of safety lies in the opportunity to discuss freely supposed grievances and proposed remedies; and that the fitting remedy for evil counsels is good ones.

I rise early because no day is long enough for a day's work.

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

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.