If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.

Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse.

The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

There is no indispensable man.

The law that will work is merely the summing up in legislative form of the moral judgment that the community has already reached.

There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.

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