Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending.

The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does competition extend among the workers, the more do their wages shrink together.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

If we get to the point where we damage the full faith and credit of the United States, that would be the first default in history caused purely by insanity.

Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it.

I have tremendous faith in President Obama's skills. He's a long-term visionary.

I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.