Idealism and realism meet in the actual.

Democracy is not brute numbers; it is a genuine union of true individuals...the essence of democracy is creating. The technique of democracy is group organization.

Fear of difference is fear of life itself.

The best leader does not ask people to serve him, but the common end. The best leader has not followers, but men and women working with him.

The insight to see possible new paths, the courage to try them, the judgment to measure results - these are the qualities of a leader.

There is no such thing as vicarious experience.

We have thought of peace as the passive and war as the active way of living. The opposite is true. War is not the most strenuous life. It is a kind of rest-cure compared to the task of reconciling our differences.