I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.

Constructive change offers the best method for avoiding destructive change.

... the Armenian massacre was the greatest crime of the war, and the failure to act against Turkey is to condone it ... the failure to deal radically with the Turkish horror means that all talk of guaranteeing the future peace of the world is mischievous nonsense.

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of conscientious conviction or of national welfare.

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot — but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.