The collapse of Russia was the second great event of 1917.

The Negro pays for what he wants and begs for what he needs.

Genius has no age, no country, no race; it belongs to mankind.

The eventual place the American army should take on the western front was to a large extent influenced by the vital question of communication and supply.

If initiative is the ability to do the right thing, then efficiency is the ability to do the thing right.

Germany expected that at the most a day or so would see Belgian resistance broken and the dash on Paris begun. It was not safe to start such a forward rush with Belgium unconquered.

No American can read the story of the part America took in the war without experiencing a glow of patriotic feeling. Every Allied nation can say the same thing.