I have always in my own thought summed up individual liberty, and business liberty, and every other kind of liberty, in the phrase that is common in the sporting world, 'A free field and no favor.'

We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act.

But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts--for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own Governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, 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.

The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our generation.

I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind.

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.

Conservatism is the policy of make no change and consult your grandmother when in doubt.