I sometimes think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

The American people want their government to act, and not merely to talk, whenever and wherever there is a threat to world peace.

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

Let us move forward with strong and active faith.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.

Resort to force in the Great War (I) failed to bring tranquillity. Victory and defeat alike were sterile. That lesson the world should have learned.

Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.