"I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect."

"Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit."

"Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men."

"I believe in the perfectibility of human nature."

"There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of food."