The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.

We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.

No government has ever been beneficent when the attitude of government was that it was taking care of the people. The only freedom consists in the people taking care of the government.

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

Where the great force lies, there must be the sanction of peace.

Never murder a man when he's busy committing suicide.