Property in land is as indefensible as property in man.

What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power.

What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war.

There are only three ways by which any individual can get wealth — by work, by gift or by theft. And, clearly, the reason why the workers get so little is that the beggars and thieves get so much.

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.

Laissez faire (in its full true meaning) opens the way to the realization of the noble dreams of socialism.

That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one.

Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.

Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.

Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.

There can be to the ownership of anything no rightful title which is not derived from the title of the producer and does not rest upon the natural right of the man to himself.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach

To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain.

If decisions were a choice between alternatives decisions would come easy. Decision is the selection and formulation of alternatives.

There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No place!

His lordship can eat my fat—

I think the busiest people are often the loneliest.

[I had a]...Second bowl of oatmeal. It was a little bit gloppy.

If you don't run, you rust.

The aggregation of large fortunes is not at all a thing to be regretted.

The solution may be for a lot of the world's problems is to turn around and take a forward step. You can't just keep trying to make a flawed system work.