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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Take hold of your passing time and convert it into living your dreams.

Nikola Tesla, one of Colorado's famous residents, always believed that the gasoline engine made no sense.

Heaven is what we spend our lives trying to find.

We can so reconstruct society that it will be self-perpetuating instead of as now, self-exhaustive.

There is nothing more thrilling than arriving in a new place on your own and feeling the sense of possibility and excitement that brings with it.

What people don't understand, they laugh at.

Friends, though absent, are still present.

Order is ... the true key to rapidity of reaction.

My routine is all about preparation.