Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

It is not the critic who counts

Hardness of heart is a dreadful quality, but it is doubtful whether in the long run it works more damage than softness of head.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

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.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

It is of little use for us to pay lip-loyalty to the mighty men of the past unless we sincerely endeavor to apply to the problems of the present precisely the qualities which in other crises enabled the men of that day to meet those crises.