The justification of majority rule in politics is not to be found in its ethical superiority.

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

And the principle which distinguishes democracy from all other forms of government is that in a democracy the opposition not only is tolerated as constitutional but must be maintained because it is in fact indispensable.

There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral.

The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples.

It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.

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.