I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.

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.

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

A man has deprived himself of the best there is in the world who has deprived himself of this.

They lived long that have lived well.

And when they [American soldiers] came, they found fit comrades for their courage and their devotion. ... Joining hands with these, the men of America gave that greatest of all gifts, the gift of life and the gift of spirit.

Today's greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.