America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.

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

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

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

A right is worth fighting for only when it can be put into operation.

My dream is that as the years go by and the world knows more and more of America, itwill turn to America for those moral inspirations that lie at the basis of all freedomthat America will come into the full light of the day when all shall know that she puts human rights above all other rights, and that her flag is the flag not only of America but of humanity.

I had rather be defeated in a cause that will ultimately triumph than triumph in a cause that will ultimately be defeated.