History is a great teacher. Now everyone knows that the labor movement did not diminish the strength of the nation but enlarged it. By raising the living standards of millions, labor miraculously created a market for industry and lifted the whole nation to undreamed of levels of production. Those who attack labor forget these simple truths, but history remembers them.

Alienation is a form of living death. It is the acid of despair that dissolves society.

The belief that God will do everything for man is as untenable as the belief that man can do everything for himself. It, too, is based on a lack of faith. We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition.

He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

Something should remind us once more that the great things in this universe are things that we never see.

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.