Energy in a nation is like sap in a tree; it rises from bottom up.

Only peace between equals can last.

I am sorry for those that disagree with me because I know that they are wrong.

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

There is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.

Whatever may be said against the chewing of tobacco, this at least can be said of it, that it gives a man time to think between sentences.

Politics is a war of causes; a joust of principles. Government is too serious a matter to admit of meaningless courtesies.