Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce it.

Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace. Let us not forget that the retreat to isolationism a quarter of a century ago was started not by a direct attack against international cooperation but against the alleged imperfections of the peace.

'Peace on earth, good will toward men' - democracy must cling to that message. For it is my deep conviction that democracy cannot live without that true religion which gives a nation a sense of justice and moral purpose.

All private plans, all private lives, have been in a sense repealed by an overriding public danger.

The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.

There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

Once you've spent two years trying to wiggle one toe, everything is in proportion.