...I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.

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.

Our civilization cannot survive materially unless it is redeemed spiritually. It can be saved only by becoming permeated with the Spirit of Christ, and being made free and happy by practices which spring out of that spirit. Only thus can discontent be driven out and all shadows lifted from the road ahead.

No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

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.

It would be the irony of fate if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs.

There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight.