No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither. We have become a great nation, forced by the fact of its greatness into relations with other nations of the earth, and we must behave as beseems a people with such responsibilities.

I entirely appreciate loyalty to one"s friends, but loyalty to the cause of justice and honor stands above it.

Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.

The mass of the American people are most emphatically not in the deplorable condition of which you speak.

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.

There comes a time in the life of a nation, as in the life of an individual, when it must face great responsibilities, whether it will or no. We have now reached that time. We cannot avoid facing the fact that we occupy a new place among the people of the world.