Our doctrine of equality and liberty and humanity comes from our belief in the brotherhood of man, through the fatherhood of God.

War is the rule of force, and peace is the reign of law.

These things do not happen by chance. There is much less luck in public affairs than some suppose.

A lost article invariably shows up after you replace it.

It is not in violence and crime that our greatest danger lies. These evils are so perfectly apparent that they very quickly arouse the moral power of the people for their suppression. A far more serious danger lurks in the shirking of those responsibilities of citizenship, where the evil may not be so noticeable but is more insidious and likely to be more devastating.

Industry cannot flourish if labor languish.

Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.