It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life.

There must be no division by class hatred, whether this hatred be that of creed against creed, nationality against nationality, section against section, or men of one social or industrial condition against men of another social and industrial condition. We must ever judge each individual on his own conduct and merits, and not on his membership in any class, whether that class be based on theological, social, or industrial considerations.

The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side.

Hardness of heart is a dreadful quality, but it is doubtful whether in the long run it works more damage than softness of head.

We here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men.