“Those who believe that liberal democracy and the free market can be defended by the force of law and regulation alone, without an internalised sense of duty and morality, are tragically mistaken.”

“We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.”

“I believe in a relatively equal society, supported by institutions that limit extremes of wealth and poverty. I believe in democracy, civil liberties, and the rule of law. That makes me a liberal, and I’m proud of it.”

“There is no peace and no rest in the development of material interests. They have their law, and their justice. But it is founded on expediency, and is inhuman; it is without rectitude, without the continuity and the force that can be found only in a moral principle.”

“In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.”

“Those who defend traditional morality will sometimes admit that it is not perfect, but contend that any criticism will make all morality crumble.”