Remember always that there not so very much difference between various people as we seem to imagine. Maps and atlases show us countries in different colors. Undoubtedly people do differ from one another, but they resemble each other also a great deal, and it is well to keep this in mind and not misled by colors on the map or by national boundaries.

A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we have thought too much.

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.

Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.