The men who act stand nearer to the mass of man than the men who write; and it is in their hands that new thought gets its translation into the crude language of deeds.

The firm basis of government is justice, not pity.

It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilizationitself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.

As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.

Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

We are participants, whether we would or not, in the life of the world.... We are partners with the rest. What affects mankind isinevitably our affair as well as the nations of Europe and Asia.

No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence.