Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

The nation should be ruled by the Ten Commandments.

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Wide differences of opinion in matters of religious, political, and social belief must exist if conscience and intellect alike are not to be stunted, if there is to be room for healthy growth.

Where a trust becomes a monopoly the state has an immediate right to interfere.

The United States does not have a choice as to whether or not is will or will not play a great part in the world. Fate has made that choice for us. The only question is whether we will play the part well or badly.