We shall fight for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.

One cool judgement is worth a thousand hasty councils.

I believe very profoundly in an over-ruling Providence, and I do not fear that any real plans can be thrown off the track. It maynot be intended that I shall be President--but that would not break my heart.

Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little. . . . We must strive for normalcy to reach stability.

There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.

The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.

That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.