The sum of the whole matter is this - our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.

We can afford to exercise the self-restraint of a really great nation which realizes its own strength and scorns to misuse it.

A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group in America has not yet become an American. And the man who goes among you to trade upon your nationality is no worthy son to live under the Stars and Stripes.

Be militant! Be an organization that is going to do things! If you can find older men who will give you countenance and acceptableleadership, follow them; but if you cannot, organize separately and dispense with them. There are only two sorts of men to be associated with when something is to be done: Those are young men and men who never grow old.

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

It is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shouting at you.

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make.