Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties... They valued liberty both as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty... that public discussion is a political duty; and that this should be a fundamental principle of the American government.

Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement.

Repression breeds hate; hate menaces stable government.

Strong, responsible unions are essential to industrial fair play. Without them the labor bargain is wholly one-sided. The parties to the labor contract must be nearly equal in strength if justice is to be worked out, and this means that the workers must be organized and that their organizations must be recognized by employers as a condition precedent to industrial peace.

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.

Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.