Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.

A right is worth fighting for only when it can be put into operation.

The sum of the whole matter is this - our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.

If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost something; but if you lose your character, you have lost everything.

An evident principleis the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities, and their right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety with one another, whether they be strong or weak.

Justice, and only justice, shall always be our motto.

I am not willing to be drawn further into the toils. I cannot accede to the acceptance of gifts upon terms which take the educational policy of the university out of the hands of the Trustees and Faculty and permit it to be determined by those who give money.