He loved his country as no other man has loved her, but no man deserved less at her hands.

I know I am only one, but I am one, and just because I'm one should not stop me from

Behind all these men you have to do with, behind officers, and government, and people even, there is the country herself, your country, and . . . you belong to her as you belong to your own mother. Stand by her, boy, as you would stand by your mother.

'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country.

Make it your habit not to be critical about small things.

Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds - all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.

War - hard apprenticeship of freedom.