We are expected to put the utmost energy, of every power that we have, into the service of our fellow men, never sparing ourselves, not condescending to think of what is going to happen to ourselves, but ready, if need be, to go to the utter length of self-sacrifice.

There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.

The world can be at peace only if the world is stable, and there can be no stability where the will is in rebellion, where there is not tranquility of spirit and a sense of justice, of freedom, and of right.

A man is not as big as his belief in himself; he is as big as the number of persons who believe in him.

The Government of the United States would be constrained to hold the Imperial German government to a strict accountability for such acts of their naval authorities.

I am one who fights without a knack of hoping confidentlysimply a Scotch-Irishman who will not be conquered.

But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts