Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.

Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.

The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.

No nation is fit to sit in judgement upon any other nation.

It is imperative that we should not only master them, but also act upon them, and act very definitely.

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.

The success of a party means little except when the nation is using that party for a large and definite purpose. No one can mistake the purpose for which the nation now seeks to use the Democratic party. It seeks to use it to interpret a change in its own plans and point of view.