The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
A theory must be tempered with reality.
Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
Great causes and little men go ill together.
The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.
Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
