I am so glad that I am young, so that I may give my youth to you.

I am not willing to be drawn further into the toils. I cannot accede to the acceptance of gifts upon terms which take the educational policy of the university out of the hands of the Trustees and Faculty and permit it to be determined by those who give money.

I am the friend of peace and mean to preserve it for America so long as I am able. . . . No course of my choosing or of their (nations at war) will lead to war. War can come only by the wilful acts and aggressions of others.

Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light...

What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.

It's harder for a leader to be born in a palace than to be born in a cabin.

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.