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" The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation. "

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" A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits. "

" By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative', one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary', one who won't go at all. "

" Tell me what is right and I will fight for it. "

" As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur. "

" You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. "

" One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat. "

" Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership. "

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

" Princeton is no longer a thing for Princeton men to please themselves with. Princeton is a thing with which Princeton men must satisfy the country. "

" Never attempt to murder a man who is committing suicide. "

" I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing. "

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

" Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place. "

" He is not a true man of the world who knows only the present fashions of it. "

" 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. "

" What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind. "

" 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. "

" You cannot, in human experience, rush into the light. You have to go through the twilight into the broadening day before the noon comes and the full sun is upon the landscape. "

" If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing. "

" 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 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 not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow. "

" In the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach. "