For the newspaper is in all literalness the bible of democracy, the book out of which a people determines its conduct. It is the only serious book most people read. It is the only book they read every day.

Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.

Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.

No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people.

There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation.

The consent of the governed" is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well.

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.