This was not after all a conventional war, a struggle between equally predacious powers; it was a war to end all wars.

The westward march has stopped, upon the final plains of the Pacific; and now the plot thickenswith the change, the pause, the settlement, our people draw into closer groups, stand face to face, to know each other and be known.

This little world, this little state, this little commonwealth of our own.

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.

Conformity will be the only virtue and any man who refuses to conform will have to pay the penalty.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

Justice has nothing to do with expediency. Justice has nothing to do with any temporary standard whatever. It is rooted and grounded in the fundamental instincts of humanity.