To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.

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.

Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people.

The profession I chose was politics; the profession I entered was law. I entered the one because I thought it would lead to the other.

Only a peace between equals can last. Only a peace the very principle of which is equality and a common participation in a common benefit.

America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us...

The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates.