Nothing was ever done so systematically as nothing is being done now.

Today, supremely, it behooves us to remember that a nation shall be saved by the power that sleeps in its own bosom; or by none; shall be renewed in hope, in confidence, in strength by waters welling up from its own sweet, perennial springs. Not from above; not by patronage of its aristocrats. The flower does not bear the root, but the root the flower.

I am so glad that I am young, so that I may give my youth to you.

Let it be your pride to show all men everywhere not only what good soldiers you are, but also what good men you are.

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

The interesting and inspiring thing about America is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself.

We grow by our dreams.