Is there any man here or any woman, let me say is there any child here, who does not know that the seed of war in the modern world is industrial and commercial rivalry?

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.

We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search not merely of its road but even of its direction

The greatest embarrassment of my political career has been that active duties seem to deprive me of time for careful investigation. I seem almost obliged to form conclusions from impressions instead of from study.... I wish that I had more knowledge, more thorough acquaintance, with the matters involved.

Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place.

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary,' one who won't go at all.

I have no happy fairyland vision that she can win.