America is the only idealistic nation in the world.

Since trade ignores national boundaries and the manufacturer insists on having the world as a market, the flag of his nation must follow him, and the doors of the nations which are closed against him must be battered down. Concessions obtained by financiers must be safeguarded by ministers of state, even if the sovereignty of unwilling nations be outraged in the process. Colonies must be obtained or planted, in order that no useful corner of the world may be overlooked or left unused.

It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

No man ever saw a government. I live in the midst of the Government of the United States, but I never saw the Government of the United States.

America is the only idealistic nation in the world.

No task, rightly done, is truly private. It is part of the world s work.