The ally we must cultivate is the part of our enemy which knows the truth.

With my meager knowledge of my own religion I do not want to belong to any religious body

I think it would be an excellent idea.

Punishment is God's. He alone is the infallible Judge.

What is Truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the "voice within" tells you. All that I can in true humility present to you is that Truth is not to be found by anybody who has not got an abundant sense of humility. If you would swim on the bosom of the ocean of Truth you must reduce yourself to zero.

My attempt and prayer are and will be for an honorable peace between belligerent nations in the least possible time.

A democrat should not rely upon the force of the arms his state could flaunt in the face of the world, but on the moral force his state could put at the disposal of the world.