If I cannot retain my moral influence over a man except by occasionally knocking him down, if that is the only basis upon which he will respect me, then for the sake of his soul I have got occasionally to knock him down.

The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.

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

My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship. These two, indeed, seem to go together.

The right is more precious than peace.

Neutrality is a negative word. It is a word that does not express what America ought to feel. America has a heart, and that heart throbs with all sorts of intense sympathies... We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to preserve the foundations upon which peace can be rebuilt.

It is not an army that we must train for war; it is a nation.