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

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted on the tested foundations of political liberty.

Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself.

No government has ever been beneficent when the attitude of government was that it was taking care of the people. The only freedom consists in the people taking care of the government.

The firm basis of government is justice, not pity.

A man is not as big as his belief in himself; he is as big as the number of persons who believe in him.

Our thought has been "Let every man look out for himself, let every generation look out for itself," while we reared giant machinery which made it impossible that any but those who stood at the levers of control should have a chance to look out for themselves.

There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.

No man can be just who is not free.

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.