... 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.

Certain rich men, whose lives are evil and corrupt, are the representatives of predatory wealth accumulated by all forms of inequity, from the oppression of wage workers to unfair methods of crushing out competition.

In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.

I have often thought that unselfishness combined in one word more of the teachings of the Bible than any other in the language.

We have duties to others, and duties to ourselves, and we cannot shirk either.

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

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