If we are the greatest nation the sun ever shone upon, it would seem to be mainly because we have been able to goad our wage-earners to this pitch of frenzy.

One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

But the devil is a subtle worm; he does not give up at one defeat, for he knows human nature, and the strength of the forces which battle for him.

It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence.

All truly great art is optimistic. The individual artist is happy in his creative work. The fact that practically all great art is tragic does not in any way change the above thesis.

Can you blame me if I am pursued by the thought of how much we could do to remedy social evils, if only we had an honest and disinterested press?