The immigrant must not be allowed to drift or to be put at the mercy of the exploiter. Our object is not to imitate one of the older racial types, but to maintain a new American type and then to secure loyalty to this type. We cannot secure such loyalty unless we make this a country where men shall feel that they have justice and also where they shall feel that they are required to perform the duties imposed upon them.

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

wild flowers should be enjoyed unplucked where they grow.

Just as you believe you may have already halfway there

Much of the discussion about socialism and individualism is entirely pointless, because of failure to agree on terminology.

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

The duties are even more important than the rights; and in the long run I think that the reward is ampler and greater for duty well done, than for the insistence upon individual rights.