I felt that no boy should have to depend either for his leg or his life upon the ability of his parents to raise enough money to bring a first-class surgeon to his bedside.

Setting people to spy on one another is not the way to protect freedom.

The inescapable fact is that when we build a society based on greed, selfishness, and ruthless competition, the fruits we can expect to reap are economic insecurity at home and international discord abroad.

I remember burying a girl fourteen years of age who had died with a ruptured appendix... I buried a good many people that I knew, some of whom I loved.

Courage, my friends; 'tis not too late to build a better world.

The Bible is like a bull fiddle, you can play almost any tune you want on it.

The trouble with socialists is that they let their bleeding hearts go to their bloody heads.