The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

The man who does not think it was America's duty to fight for her own sake in view of the infamous conduct of Germany toward us stands on a level with a man who wouldn't think it necessary to fight in a private quarrel because his wife's face was slapped.

We will send ships and Marines as soon as possible for the protection of American life and property.

When we undertake the impossible, we often fail to do anything at all.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.

There is superstition in science quite as much as there is superstition in theology, and it is all the more dangerous because those suffering from it are profoundly convinced that they are freeing themselves from all superstition.