It is imperative that we should not only master them, but also act upon them, and act very definitely.

Some Americans need hyphens in their names, because only part of them has come over; but when the whole man has come over, heart and thought and all, the hyphen drops of its own weight out of his name.

The rule for every man is, not to depend on the education which other men have prepared for him-not even to consent to it; but to strive to see things as they are, and to be himself as he is. Defeat lies in self-surrender.

The right is more precious than peace.

The Government of the United States would be constrained to hold the Imperial German government to a strict accountability for such acts of their naval authorities.

You must act in your friends' interests whether it pleases them or not; the object of love is to serve, not to win.

One cool judgement is worth a thousand hasty councils.