With great victory comes great sacrifice.

The United States does not have a choice as to whether or not is will or will not play a great part in the world. Fate has made that choice for us. The only question is whether we will play the part well or badly.

To announce there must be no criticism of the president or that we are to stand with the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.

One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called "weasel words."

There are dreadful moments when death comes very near those we love, even if for the time being it passes by. But life is a great adventure, and the worst of all fears is the fear of living.

The government is us; WE are the government, you and I."- Theodore Roosevelt