I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.

On the European Front the most important development of the past year has been the crushing offensive of the Great Armies of Russia.

Where freedom of religion has been attacked, the attack has come from sources opposed to democracy. Where democracy has been overthrown, the spirit of free worship has disappeared. And where religion and democracy have vanished, good faith and reason in international affairs have given way to strident ambition and brute force.

It is time to extend planning to a wider field, in this instance comprehending in one great project many states directly concerned with the basin of one of our greatest rivers.

All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River

We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.

Inquisitiveness is the most useful talent.