Every young man should aim at independence and should prepare himself for a vocation; above all, he should so manage his life that the steps of his progress are taken without improper aids; that he calls no one master, that he does not win or deserve the reputation of being a tool of others, and that if called to public service he may assume its duties with the satisfaction of knowing that he is free to rise to the height of his opportunity.

Each man begins with his own world to conquer, and his education is the measure of his conquest.

War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals.

The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully.

Emergency does not increase granted power or remove or diminish the restrictions imposed upon power granted or reserved. The Constitution was adopted in a period of grave emergency. Its grants of power to the federal government and its limitations of the power of the States were determined in the light of emergency, and they are not altered by emergency.

While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.

The peril of this Nation is not in any foreign foe! We, the people, are its power, its peril, and its hope.