A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.

It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.

I am sorry for those that disagree with me because I know that they are wrong.

No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise.

And when they [American soldiers] came, they found fit comrades for their courage and their devotion. ... Joining hands with these, the men of America gave that greatest of all gifts, the gift of life and the gift of spirit.

Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

The world must be made safe for democracy.