The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort.

Death comes along like a gas bill one can't payand that's all one can sayabout it.

A fault which humbles a person is of more use to him or her than a good action which puffs him or her up.

... so far as religion is concerned, argument is adjourned.

Never for a moment have I had one doubt about my religious beliefs. There are people who believe only so far as they can understand--that seems to me presumptuous and sets their understanding as the standard of the universe.

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.

Benevolence does not consist in those who are prosperous pitying and helping those who are not. It consists in fellow feeling that puts you upon actually the same level with the fellow who suffers.