Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

No nation is fit to sit in judgement upon any other nation.

We are participants, whether we would or not, in the life of the world.... We are partners with the rest. What affects mankind isinevitably our affair as well as the nations of Europe and Asia.

Men grow by having responsibility laid upon them.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

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.

Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.