Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.

Princeton is no longer a thing for Princeton men to please themselves with. Princeton is a thing with which Princeton men must satisfy the country.

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.

Conservatism is the policy of make no change and consult your grandmother when in doubt.

The seed of revolution is repression.

A man's rootage is more important than his leafage.

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make.