The makers of our Constitution . . . conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone - the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.

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

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

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

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.

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.

We gain nothing by trading the tyranny of capital for the tyranny of labor.