To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest.

We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.

There are times when words seem empty and only actions seem great. Such a time has come, and in the Providence of God America will once more have an opportunity to show the world that she was born to save mankind.

Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.

The trouble with the theory [of limited and divided government] is that government is not a machine, but a living thing. This is where the living and breathing constitution comes from. It is modified by its environment, necessitated by its tasks, shaped to its functions by the sheer pressure of life.

The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.

Tolerance is an admirable intellectual gift; but it is of little worth in politics.