You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.

I am the friend of peace and mean to preserve it for America so long as I am able. . . . No course of my choosing or of their (nations at war) will lead to war. War can come only by the wilful acts and aggressions of others.

I had rather be defeated in a cause that will ultimately triumph than triumph in a cause that will ultimately be defeated.

It is the object of learning, not only to satisfy the curiosity and perfect the spirits of ordinary men, but also to advance civilization.

...men are not put into this world to go the path of ease, they are put into this world to go the path of pain and struggle.

Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.