The seed of revolution is repression.

The commands of democracy are as imperative as its privileges and opportunities are wide and generous. Its compulsion is upon us.

America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us...

Have you thought of the sufferings of Armenia? You poured out your money to help succor the Armenians after they suffered; now set your strength so that they shall never suffer again.

A nation is as great, and only as great, as her rank and file.

America is not a mere body of traders; it is a body of free men. Our greatness is built upon our freedom - is moral, not material. We have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.