The hardest lessons to learn are those that are the most obvious.

There comes a time in the life of a nation, as in the life of an individual, when it must face great responsibilities, whether it will or no. We have now reached that time. We cannot avoid facing the fact that we occupy a new place among the people of the world.

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.

What counts in a man or in a nation is not what the man or the nation can do, but what he or it actually does.

Perhaps there is no more important component of character than steadfast resolution.

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America.