Knowledge that does not generate achievement is a pale and bloodless thing, unworthy of mankind.

by and large the poor have the same impulses as the rich, with only less opportunity or skill to implement them

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

Perhaps it is one secret of their power that, having studied the fluctuations of prices, the [bankers] know that history is inflationary.

We teach more by what we are than by what we teach.

All deductions having been made, democracy has done less harm, and more good, than any other form of government. It gave to human existence a zest and camaraderie that outweighed its pitfalls and defects. It gave to thought and science and enterprise the freedom essential to their operation and growth. It broke down the walls of privilege and class, and in each generation it raised up ability from every rank and place.