"It [concentration of wealth and power] has..." - Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

“It has always seemed to me that the best symbol of common sense was a bridge.”

“You'll have to learn that public life takes a lot of sweat; but it doesn't need to worry you. You won't always be right, but you mustn't suffer from being wrong. That's what kills people like us.”

“The function of Government must be to favor no small group at the expense of its duty to protect the rights of personal freedom and of private property of all its citizens.”

“Our political experiment of democracy, the last refuge of cheap misgovernment.”

“A democratic organization has to dare to do the right at all costs.”

“Curtailment of free speech is rationalized on grounds that a more compelling American tradition forbids criticism of the government when the nation is at war... Nothing can be more destructive of our fundamental democratic traditions than the vicious effort to silence dissenters.”

“The true wealth of a nation lies not in it's gold or silver but in it's learning, wisdom and in the uprightness of its sons.”

“A poor man is not the one without a cent. A poor man is the one without a dream.”

“Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work.”