An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.

To slight a single human being, is to slight those divine powers and thus to harm not only that being but with him, the whole world.

Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world. A democracy prejudiced, ignorant, superstitious, will land itself in chaos and may be self-destroyed.

Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth.

Tolerance gives us spiritual insight, which is as far from fanaticism as the north pole is from the south.