Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.

The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, government relief for the destitute, and, above all, new wage levels that meant not mere survival but a tolerable life.

They were too God-intoxicated to be "astronomically intimidated." They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest.

Love is creative, understanding goodwill for all men. It is the refusal to defeat any individual.

I decide on the basis of conscience. A genuine leader doesn't reflect consensus, he molds consensus.

The softminded person always wants to freeze the moment and hold life in the gripping yoke of sameness.

The Christian faith makes it possible for us nobly to accept that which cannot be changed, and to meet disappointments and sorrow with an inner poise, and to absorb the most intense pain without abandoning our sense of hope.