Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

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

You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it.

We are in the presence of a new organization of society. Our life has broken away from the past.

We want one class of persons to have a liberal education, and we want another class of persons, a very much larger class, of necessity, in every society, to forego the privileges of a liberal education and fit themselves to perform specific difficult manual tasks.

The world must be made safe for democracy.

The shadows that now lie dark upon our path will soon be dispelled and we shall walk with the light all about us if we but be true to ourselves.