There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a Democrat like myself must admit this.

I entirely appreciate loyalty to one"s friends, but loyalty to the cause of justice and honor stands above it.

There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction.

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

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

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

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