Has justice ever grown in the soil of absolute power? Has not justice always come from the ... heart and spirit of men who resist power?

There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight.

It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilizationitself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.

Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.

To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.

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