The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our generation.

...We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are in their might when a cause which America holds dear is at stake. The whole nation has reason to be proud of them.

If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing.

All things come to him who waits - provided he knows what he is waiting for.

This is history written in lightning.

We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act.

We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.