If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.

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.

The Government of the United States would be constrained to hold the Imperial German government to a strict accountability for such acts of their naval authorities.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

I am so glad that I am young, so that I may give my youth to you.

The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.

The rule for every man is, not to depend on the education which other men have prepared for him-not even to consent to it; but to strive to see things as they are, and to be himself as he is. Defeat lies in self-surrender.