An evident principleis the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities, and their right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety with one another, whether they be strong or weak.

We are provincials no longer. The tragic events of the 30 months of vital turmoil through which we have just passed have made us citizens of the world. There can be no turning back.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

The cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.

There is no more subtle dissolvent of morals than sentimentality.

We ought to regard ourselves and to act as socialists--believers in the wholesomeness and beneficence of the body politic.

I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind.