There are two sorts of pity: one is a balm and the other a poison; the first is realized by our friends, the last by our enemies.

War crushes with bloody heel all justice, all happiness, all that is Godlike in man. In our age there can be no peace that is not honorable; there can be no war that is not dishonorable.

The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man

The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.

I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

War is a positive, precise and specific evil, of gigantic proportions ...making within the sphere of its influence all true grandeur impossible.