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

I have the feeling that he would rather see a good cause fail than succeed if he were not the head of it.

I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be happy. Many an unhappy man has been of deep service to himself and to the world.

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary,' one who won't go at all.

America is the only idealistic nation in the world.

The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their lives. The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.

War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.