America is the place where you cannot kill your government by killing the men who conduct it.

Politics is a war of causes; a joust of principles.

"Genius is divine perseverance." Divine patience I believe he originally used, perseverance is better in my opinion. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have.

The cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.

We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search not merely of its road but even of its direction

Never for a moment have I had one doubt about my religious beliefs. There are people who believe only so far as they can understand--that seems to me presumptuous and sets their understanding as the standard of the universe.

It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilizationitself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.