I don't know whether anyone will care to examine my heart, but if they do, they will find two words there- 'social justice.' For that is what I have believed in and fought for.

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence.

You don't have to be satisfied with America as you find it. You can change it. I didn't like the way I found America some sixty years ago, and I've been trying to change it ever since.

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.

I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.

The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery.

You can't make somebody understand something if their salary depends upon them not understanding it.

All truly great art is optimistic. The individual artist is happy in his creative work. The fact that practically all great art is tragic does not in any way change the above thesis.

The remedy [for the Great Depression] is to give the workers access to the means of production, and let them produce for themselves, not for others, . . . the American way.

What in cat hell just happened?

The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.

When something small loudly demands all our attention, its noise often drowns out the whisper of what's enormously important.

He was one of those characters who felt that a weak handshake could somehow damage his authority, which meant that every handshake had to bloody hurt.

Both guys ran out of gas, only my guy had an extra tank.

The human body is mostly blood and mystery and sadness.

The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps his head will get ahead.

Do the thing and you will have the power. But they that do not the thing, had not the power.

For multiple opponents, I have multiple brothers.

Relationships end, but they don't end your life. But people do often spending more time finding out about failed relationships than finding successful ones.