I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.

It is better to do something than to do nothing while waiting to do everything.

It is not alone that property, in all its forms, is struck at, but that liberty, in all its forms, is challenged by the fundamental conceptions of socialism.

We are not meant to find peace in this world. The spirit of life cannot exist without effort. Destroy the rivalries of man and nations and you will have destroyed all that makes for betterment and progress on Earth.

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.

Great and good are seldom the same man.