The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind.

...We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are in their might when a cause which America holds dear is at stake. The whole nation has reason to be proud of them.

There is no cause half so sacred as the cause of the people. There is no idea so uplifting as the idea of the service of humanity.

A sure sign of an amateur is too much detail to compensate for too little life.

The growth of our nation and all its activities are in the hands of a few men.

If you've made up your mind you can do something, you're absolutely RIGHT.

My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness.