 Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them. |
| If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it. |
| America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses. |
| 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. |
| If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience. |
| The method of political science is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions. |
| We have not given science too big a place in our education, but we have made a perilous mistake in giving it too great a preponderance in method in every other branch of study. |
| My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship. These two, indeed, seem to go together. |
| The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind. |
| The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them. |
| The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people. |
| I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be happy. Many an unhappy man has been of deep service to himself and to the world. |
| I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past. |
| The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation. |
| There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with. |
| The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy. |
| There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed. |
| There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath. |
| What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind. |
| Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign. |
