There is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.

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

The world must be made safe for democracy.

To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.

Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness and all the distemper's that make an ordered life impossible.

The interesting and inspiring thing about America is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself.

The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind.