Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.

The first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he shall work in politics.

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

There is apt to be a lunatic fringe among the votaries of any forward movement.

Toward all other nations, large and small, our attitude must be one of cordial and sincere friendship. We must show not only in our words, but in our deeds, that we are earnestly desirous of securing their good will by acting toward them in a spirit of just and generous recognition of all their rights.

Our surest protection against assault from abroad has been not all our guards, gates and guns, or even our two oceans, but our essential goodness as a people. Our richest asset has been not our material wealth but our values.