The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.

Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.

Feminism means revolution and I am a revolutionist.

I came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain common workingmen.

The accusation that I am a woman is incontrovertible.

Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage.

It's only when we're relaxed that the thing way down deep in all of us - call it the subconscious mind, the spirit, what you will - has a chance to well up and tell us how we shall go.

In America, public opinion is the leader

To one who believes that really good industrial conditions are the hope for a machine civilization, nothing is more heartening than to watch conference methods and education replacing police methods

But with the slow menace of a glacier, depression came on. No one had any measure of its progress; no one had any plan for stopping it. Everyone tried to get out of its way.

You can always get sympathy by using the word small. With little industries you feel as you do about a little puppy.

You may face many challenges. You must prepare spiritually and mentally to conquer each challenge.

Once in a while I catch myself wondering whether I would have found the courage to write if I had not started to write when I was too young to know what was good for me.

Maintaining spirituality and humanism are the keys to success. Its a balance.

Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk. We would not take a sea voyage for the sole pleasure of seeing without hope of ever telling.

More power to [Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty] if they can get someone's attention.

A car can massage organs which no masseur can reach. It is the one remedy for the disorders of the great sympathetic nervous system.

Switchfoot is a surfing term… To switch your feet means to take a new stance facing the opposite direction. It's about change and movement, a different way of approaching life and music.

I want to become a very good writer.

I believe every human life is a gift from God and we should cherish and protect and celebrate them.

In the church we have to deliberately let ourselves be transparent and accountable to others. We're a family.