Every country is renewed out of the unknown ranks and not out of the ranks of those already famous and powerful and in control.

I am not one of those who have the least anxiety about the triumph of the principles I have stood for. I have seen fools resist Providence before, and I have seen their destruction, as will come upon these again, utter destruction and contempt. That we shall prevail is as sure as that God reigns.

America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.

The firm basis of government is justice, not pity.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

I could see now that a literary education did not fit one for the popular novelist's trade.Once you had started using words like flavicomous or acroamatic, because you liked the sound of them, you were lost.

To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life.