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.

The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.

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.

It has been the fashion to speak of the conflict between human rights and property rights, and from this it has come to be widely believed that the use of private property is tainted with evil and should not be espoused by rational and civilized men... the only dependable foundation of personal liberty is the personal economic security of private property. The Good Society.

A really good diplomat does not go in for victories, even when he wins them.

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

There is but one bond of peace that is both permanent and enriching: The increasing knowledge of the world in which experiment occurs.