There is something better, if possible, that a man can give than his life. That is his living spirit to a service that is not easy, to resist counsels that are hard to resist, to stand against purposes that are difficult to stand against.

Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another, it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people, and her example, her assistance, her encouragement, has thrilled two continents in this western world with all those fine impulses which have built up human liberty on sides of the water. She stands, therefore, as an example of independence, as an example of free institutions, and as an example of disinterested international action in the main tenets of justice.

The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.

You must act in your friends' interests whether it pleases them or not; the object of love is to serve, not to win.

A man's rootage is more important than his leafage.

It is imperative that we should not only master them, but also act upon them, and act very definitely.

No man can be just who is not free.