If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

... 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.

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.

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

Those who won our independence by revolution were not cowards. They did not fear political change. They did not exalt order at the cost of liberty.

Sunshine is the greatest disinfectant