What is our policy? ... to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime.

Unless some effective world supergovernment for the purpose of preventing war can be set up ... the prospects for peace and human progress are dark ....If .... it is found possible to build a world organization of irresistible force and inviolable authority for the purpose of securing peace, there are no limits to the blessings which all men enjoy and share.

The destiny of man is not measured by material computations. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we’re spirits—not animals…. There’s something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.

The cemetery is full of indispensable people.

The United States is like a gigantic boiler. Once the fire is lit under it, there's no limit to the power it can generate.

I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British instead of the other way around, I might have gotten here on my own.

It is a good thing to stand away from the canvas from time to time and take a full view of the picture.