Freedom exists only where the people take care of the government.

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.

There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.

Such a mind we must desire to see in a woman,--a mind that stirs without irritating you, that arouses but does not belabour, amuses and yet subtly instructs.

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

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.

The profession I chose was politics; the profession I entered was law. I entered the one because I thought it would lead to the other.