My dream is that as the years go by and the world knows more and more of America, itwill turn to America for those moral inspirations that lie at the basis of all freedomthat America will come into the full light of the day when all shall know that she puts human rights above all other rights, and that her flag is the flag not only of America but of humanity.

A man's rootage is more important than his leafage.

The world must be made safe for democracy.

What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.

Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action.

When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.