The most important political office is that of the private citizen.
There are no shortcuts in evolution.
To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution.
We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself.
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.
The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.