The friendless, the weak, the victims of prejudice and public excitement are entitled to the same quality of justice and fair play that the rich, the powerful, the well-connected, and the fellow with pull thinks he can get.
Justice remains the greatest power on earth. To that tremendous power alone will we submit.
It is time that all Americans realized that the place of labor is side by side with the businessman and with the farmer, and not one-degree lower.
We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.
Well, I wouldn’t say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Any man who has had the job I’ve had and didn’t have a sense of humor wouldn’t still be here.
Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.
Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.
On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom – the old trickle-down theory.
If we do not abolish war on this earth, then surely one day war will abolish us from the earth.
The fundamental basis of this Nation’s law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul.
When even one American – who has done nothing wrong – is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth – then all Americans are in peril.
We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God.
It doesn’t matter how big a ranch you own or how many cows you brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather.
I do not understand a mind which sees a gracious beneficence in spending money to slay and maim human beings in almost unimaginable numbers and deprecates the expenditure of a smaller sum to patch up the ills of mankind.
In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers. Real security will be found only in law and in justice.
How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?
The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.
Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.