But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts

The world can be at peace only if the world is stable, and there can be no stability where the will is in rebellion, where there is not tranquility of spirit and a sense of justice, of freedom, and of right.

The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort.

There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.

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

The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.

My urgent advice to you would be, not only always to think first of America, but always, also, to think first of humanity. You do not love humanity if you seek to divide humanity into jealous camps. Humanity can be welded together only by love, by sympathy, by justice, not by jealousy and hatred. I am sorry for the man who seeks to make personal capital out of the passions of his fellowmen. He has lost touch with the ideal of America. For America was created to unit mankind.