A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.

No man ever saw a government. I live in the midst of the Government of the United States, but I never saw the Government of the United States.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort.

There is here a great melting pot in which we must compound a precious metal. That metal is the metal of nationality.

No government has ever been beneficent when the attitude of government was that it was taking care of the people. The only freedom consists in the people taking care of the government.

It must be a peace without victory