The fewer the desires, the more peace.

Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing. The mischief of it is that when they swell, they do not swell enough to burst.

I am not willing to be drawn further into the toils. I cannot accede to the acceptance of gifts upon terms which take the educational policy of the university out of the hands of the Trustees and Faculty and permit it to be determined by those who give money.

Whatever may be said against the chewing of tobacco, this at least can be said of it, that it gives a man time to think between sentences.

The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our generation.

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

Once lead this people into war, and they'll forget there ever was such a thing as tolerance. To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fiber of our national life, infecting Congress, the courts, the policeman on the beat, the man in the street.