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

When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.

You don't have to preach honesty to men with a creative purpose. A genuine craftsman will not adulterate this product. The reason isn't because duty says he shouldn't, but because passion says he couldn't.

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.

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

This is one of the paradoxes of the democratic movement - that it loves a crowd and fears the individuals who compose it - that the religion of humanity should have no faith in human beings.

It is so much easier to talk of poverty than to think of the poor.