Ignore what a man desires and you ignore the very source of his power.

The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth.

When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.

It is impossible to abolish either with a law or an axe the desires of men.

The American's conviction that he must be able to look any man in the eye and tell him to go to hell is the very essence of the free man's way of life.

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.

What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory is accepted, we must abandon the notion that democratic government can be the direct expression of the will of the people. We must abandon the notion that the people govern. Instead, we must adopt the theory that, by their occasional mobilizations as a majority, people support or oppose the individuals who actually govern. We must say that the popular will does not direct continuously but that it intervenes occasionally.