There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.

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.

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

I believe that soldiers will bear me out in saying that both come in time of battle. I take it that the moral courage comes in going into the battle, and the physical courage in staying in.

If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.

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

It is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shouting at you.