Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism.

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.

If all power is in the people, if there is no higher law than their will, and if by counting their votes, their will may be ascertained - then the people may entrust all their power to anyone, and the power of the pretender and the usurper is then legitimate. It is not to be challenged since it came originally from the sovereign people.

Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big a muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish and acquisitive employers can make of capitalism.

The facts we see depend on where we are placed and the habits of our eyes.

Popular government has not yet been proved to guarantee, always and everywhere, good government.

The whole speculation about morality is an effort to find a way of living which men who live it will instinctively feel is good.