We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels.

If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States.

It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice.

With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.

The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.

Fascism is a worldwide disease. Its greatest threat to the United States will come after the war, either via Latin America or within the United States itself.

This is a fight between a free world and a slave world.

The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan.

Scientific understanding is our joy. Economic and political understanding is our duty.

The century which we are entering can be and must be the century of the common man.

A liberal knows that the only certainty in this life is change but believes that the change can be directed toward a constructive end.

I'm obsessed with the 1920s, everything from the style to the lifestyle. It was a really cool era.

If any demonstrator ever lays down in front of my car, it'll be the last car he'll ever lay down in front of.

Mostly, we argued about who which of us was better at arguing, and particularly about who had won the previous argument.

I believe in raising the minimum wage and equal pay for work.

And endless are the modes of speech, and far Extends from side to side the field of words.

Should I peel a cap or should I let him survive?

To be a great leader of people - inspire them to follow you, not your rules.

Let not that man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts. He who doth not kill sin in this way takes no steps toward his journey's end.

I love every-day senses, every-day wit and entertainment; a man who is only good on holidays, is good for very little.

If the only thing people learned was not to be afraid of their experience, that alone would change the world.