Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

If we make ourselves worthy of America's ideals, if we do not forget that our nation was founded on the premise that all men are creatures of God's making, the world will come to know that it is free men who carry forward the true promise of human progress and dignity.

People in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than governments.

The only things worth counting on are people you can count on.

War is a contest, and you finally get to a point where you are talking merely about race suicide, and nothing else.

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.

As our heart summons our strength, our wisdom must direct it.