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

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

The great man is always the man of mighty effort.

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.

The teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally impossible for us to figure to ourselves what that life would be if these teachings were removed.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

A good shot must necessarily be a good man since the essence of good marksmanship is self-control and self-control is the essential quality of a good man.