We [Americans] have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.

Let him [the President] once win the admiration and confidence of the country, and no other single force can withstand him, no combination of forces will easily overpower him.... If he rightly interpret the national thought and boldly insist upon it, he is irresistible; and the country never feels the zest of action so much as when the President is of such insight and caliber.

The only place in the world that nothing has to be explained to me is the South.

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

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

The soul of me is very selfish. I have gone my way after a fashion that made me the center of the plan. And you who are so individual, who are so independent a spirit, whose soul is also a kingdom, have been so loyal, so forgiving, so self-sacrificing in your willingness to live my life. Nothing but love cold have accomplished so wonderful a thing.