The fewer the desires, the more peace.

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.

Government is not a warfare of interests.

The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind.

I believe in human liberty as I believe in the wine of life. There is no salvation for men in the pitiful condescension of industrial masters. Guardians have no place in a land of freemen.

Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.

Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself.