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

It must be a peace without victory... Victory would mean peace forced upon the loser, a victor's terms imposed upon the vanquished. It would be accepted in humiliation, under duress, at an intolerable sacrifice, and would leave a sting, a resentment, a bitter memory upon which terms of peace would rest, not permanently, but only as upon quicksand. Only a peace between equals can last.

It must be a peace without victory

If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.

I do not want to live under a philanthropy. I do not want to be taken care of by the government.... We do not want a benevolent government. We want a free and a just government.

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.

The commands of democracy are as imperative as its privileges and opportunities are wide and generous. Its compulsion is upon us.