There will be no greater burden on our generation than to organize the forces of liberty in our time in order to make our quest ofa new freedom for America.

When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.

To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest.

There is no more subtle dissolvent of morals than sentimentality.

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 American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.

I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be happy. Many an unhappy man has been of deep service to himself and to the world.