Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.
Great political questions stir the deepest nature of one-half the nation, but they pass far above and over the heads of the other half.
Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.
I think the first duty of society is justice.
Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.