An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.

Hope is a waking dream.

I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

It's not a faith in technology. Its faith in people.

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

Education pervades all forms of learning.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.