When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself.
Some Americans need hyphens in their names because only part of them has come over.
Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty councils. The thing is to supply light and not heat
One cool judgment is worth a dozen hasty councils. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence.
If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in face, you should go home and examine your consicence.
I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.
I used to be a lawyer, but now I am a reformed character.
Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.
...it is as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you.
No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
No nation is fit to sit in judgement upon any other nation.
Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose.
He is not a true man of the world who knows only the present fashions of it.
I believe in democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.
I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.
I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past.
I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.
I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail.
