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.

I am all kinds of a democrat, so far as I can discover but the root of the whole business is this, that I believe in the patriotism and energy and initiative of the average man.

We are in the presence of a new organization of society. Our life has broken away from the past.

Some of the greatest and most lasting effects of genuine oratory have gone forth from secluded lecture desks into the hearts of quiet groups of students.

It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.

No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence.

America is the only idealistic nation in the world.