Without criticism and reliable and intelligent reporting, the government cannot govern.

The prophecy of a world moving toward political unity is the light which guides all that is best, most vigorous, most truly alive in the work of our time.

A rational man acting in the real world may be defined as one who decides where he will strike a balance between what he desires and what can be done.

Lovers who have nothing to do but love each other are not really to be envied; love and nothing else very soon is nothing else.

Here lay the political genius of Franklin Roosevelt: that in his own time he knew what were the questions that had to be answered, even though he himself did not always find the full answer.

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.