Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.

To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest.

It is a protest against the way the world has worked. (explanation of Bolshevism)

If you would be a leader of men you must lead your own generation, not the next. Your playing must be good now, while the play ison the boards and the audience in the seats.... It will not get you the repute of a good actor to have excellencies discovered in you afterwards.

Today's greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.

For my part, I am very much more afraid of the man who does a bad thing and does not know it is bad than of the man who does a bad thing and knows it is bad; because I think that in public affairs stupidity is more dangerous than knavery, because harder to fight and dislodge.

I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.