We do things that would make our forbears think us magicians

Pessimists abound and have always abounded. To them most of the big and splended things are chimerical.

Where a town lies near water, keep all the shore for the people.

The space of time in which a great work can now be accomplished is not marvelous. Brain, muscle, materials, and the means of rapid transport are instantly at command. If one has capital and a well-considered plan, the thing does itself.

It takes far greater ability to subvert liberty now than ever before since man’s history began, and so I promise permanence to democratic institutions.

Broadly speaking, the city of the future will not bring to its center any goods not intended for use or consumption therein.

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood