Gathering news in Russia was like mining coal with a hat pin.

In the last analysis civilization itself is measured by the way in which children will live and what chance they will have in the world

any peace movement must have behind it a higher passion than the desire for war.

... peace is a militant thing ... any peace movement must have behind it a higher passion than the desire for war. No one can be a pacifist without being ready to fight for peace and die for peace.

The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.

This philosophy of hate, of religious and racial intolerance, with its passionate urge toward war, is loose in the world. It is the enemy of democracy; it is the enemy of all the fruitful and spiritual sides of life. It is our responsibility, as individuals and organizations, to resist this.

When a new idea assaults the power of established authority, authority always screams out that morality has been affronted. It makes no difference if this idea is that the world is round or that women should vote or that the workers should control industry.