I have the feeling that he would rather see a good cause fail than succeed if he were not the head of it.

It would be the irony of fate if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs.

The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name.... We must be impartial in thought as well as in actiona nationthat neither sits in judgment upon others nor is disturbed in her own counsels and which keeps herself fit and free to do what is honest and disinterested and truly serviceable for the peace of the world.

You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand

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

Only a peace between equals can last. Only a peace the very principle of which is equality and a common participation in a common benefit.

The nature of men and of organized society dictates the maintenance in every field of action of the highest and purest standards of justice and of right dealing.... By justice the lawyer generally means the prompt, fair, and open application of impartial rules; but we call ours a Christian civilization, and a Christian conception of justice must be much higher. It must include sympathy and helpfulness and a willingness to forego self-interest in order to promote the welfare, happiness, and contentment of others and of the community as a whole.