"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control …"

"When you have to deal with a man who is a pig, you should treat him like a pig."

"I am not a magician. I am a human being. I have my weaknesses, I have my faults. But I am trying to do the best I can for the American people."

"The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as to arrive at the best possible solutions for the problems that confront us."

"No business which depends for its existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country."