There is here a great melting pot in which we must compound a precious metal. That metal is the metal of nationality.

Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.

Wilson was once asked how long it took him to write a speech. He answered, 'That depends. If I am to speak 10 minutes, I need a week for preparation. If 15 minutes, 3 days. If half hour, two days. If an hour, I am ready now.'

... so far as religion is concerned, argument is adjourned.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

All the extraordinary men I have ever known were chiefly extraordinary in their own estimation.

The interesting and inspiring thing about America is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself.