From the dim morning hours of history when the father was king and priest down to this modern time of history's high noon when nations stand forth full grown and self-governed, the law of coherence and continuity in political development has suffered no serious breach.

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

I must beg you to indulge me in the matter of hyphens.... You will find that I have marked out a great many in the proofs. We arein danger of Germanizing our printing by using them so much, and I have a very decided preference in the matter.

A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.

The world must be made safe for democracy.

A living thing is born.

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.