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

No man is above the law, and no man is below it.

The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasums, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at best know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

It was a pleasure to deal with a man of high ideals, who scorned everything mean and base, and who possessed those robust and hardy qualities of body and mind, for the lack of which no merely negative virtue can ever atone.

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

Burning fossil fuels is like breaking up the furniture to feed the fireplace because it's easier than going out to the woodpile.

The Armenian massacre was the greatest crime of the war.