Robinson Crusoe, the self-sufficient man, could not have lived in New York city.

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.

Creative ideas come to the intuitive person who can face up to the insecurity of looking beyond the obvious.

It is easier to develop great power than it is to know how to use it wisely.

A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society. Without criticism and reliable and intelligent reporting, the government cannot govern. For there is no adequate way in which it can keep itself informed about what the people of the country are thinking and doing and wanting.

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.

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.