And while you bring all countries with you, you come with a purpose of leaving all other countries behind you - bringing what is best of their spirit, but not looking over your shoulders and seeking to perpetuate what you intended to leave behind in them.

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.

When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.

...to make the world safe for democracy.

As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur.

The profession I chose was politics; the profession I entered was law. I entered the one because I thought it would lead to the other.

If you would be a leader of men, you must lead your own generation, not the next.