We came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them see finer things than they had seen before, to get rid of the things that divide and to make sure of the things that unite.

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

Never attempt to murder a man who is committing suicide.

I am one who fights without a knack of hoping confidentlysimply a Scotch-Irishman who will not be conquered.

The Americans who went to Europe to die are a unique breed.... (They) crossed the seas to a foreign land to fight for a cause which they did not pretend was peculiarly their own, which they knew was the cause of humanity and mankind. These Americans gave the greatest of all gifts, the gift of life and the gift of spirit.

The Constitution was not made to fit us like a straitjacket. In its elasticity lies its chief greatness.

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.