A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life.

With a great moral issue involved, neutrality does not serve righteousness; for to be neutral between right and wrong is to serve wrong.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

Much of the discussion about socialism and individualism is entirely pointless, because of failure to agree on terminology.

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.

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.