You create your own universe as you go along. The stronger your imagination, the more variegated your universe. When you leave off dreaming, the universe ceases to exist.
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance.
To achieve the extirpation of Nazi tyranny there are no lengths of violence to which we will not go.
We shape our homes and then our homes shape us.
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
To the efficacy and permanency of your union a government for the whole is indispensable.
A love of tradition has never weakened a nation.
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Most of the significant contributions that have been made to society have been made by people who were tired.
We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
And what a plan! This vast operation is undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult that has ever occurred.
To anticipate and prevent disasterous contingencies would be the part of wisdom and patriotism.
Let experience solve it. To listen to mere speculation in such a case were criminal.
Don't be content to be the chip off the old block - be the old block itself.
Vast and fearsome as the human scene has become, personal contact of the right people, in the right places, at the right time, may yet have a potent and valuable part to play in the cause of peace which is in our hearts.
That long (Canadian) frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, guarded only by neighbourly respect and honourable obligations, as an example to every country and a pattern for the future of the world.
I want no criticism of America at my table. The Americans criticize themselves more than enough.
This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are vast numbers, not only in this Island but in every land, who will render faithful service in this war, but whose names will never be known, whose deeds will never be recorded. This is a War of the Unknown Warriors
Not only do I pray for it, on the score of human dignity, but I can clearly forsee that nothing but the rooting out of slavery can perpetuate the existence of our union, by consolidating it in a common bond of principle.
Meet success like a gentleman; disaster like a man.
There is only one answer to defeat and that is victory.
The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape with impunity.
Those who serve supreme causes must not consider what they can get but what they can give.
Painful as the task is to describe the dark side of our affairs, it sometimes becomes a matter of indispensable necessity.
[It] is the juvenal period of life when friendships are formed, and habits established, that will stick by one.
Advertising nourishes the consuming power of men.
The consciousness of having discharged that duty which we owe to our country is superior to all other considerations.
I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
It is better to do the wrong thing that to do nothing.
If, however, there is to be a war of nerves let us make sure our nerves are strong and are fortified by the deepest convictions of our hearts.
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury.
I die hard but am not afraid to go.
The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and from all modern wars in the utter ruthlessness with which it was fought.
Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal.
The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial of adversity.
I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers.
Liberty, when it degrades into licentiousness, begets confusion, and frequently ends in tyranny or some woeful confusion.
The United States is a land of free speech. Nowhere is speech freer - not even here where we sedulously cultivate it even in its most repulsive form.
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
He looks like a female llama who has been surprised in the bath.
We must learn from misfortune the means of future strength.
Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests.
I no longer listen to what people say, I just watch what they do. Behavior never lies.
Lenin was sent into Russia by the Germans in the same way that you might send a phial containing a culture of typhoid or cholera to be poured into the water supply of a great city, and it worked with amazing accuracy.
I'd prefer to be right than consistent.
Land monopoly is not only monopoly, but it is by far the greatest of monopolies; it is a perpetual monopoly, and it is the mother of all other forms of monopoly.
It may be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.
My aim has been... to keep the United States... independent of all and under the influence of none.
The dictator, in all his pride, is held in the grip of his party machine. He can go forward; he cannot go back. He must blood his hounds and show them sport, or else, like Actaeon of old, be devoured by them. All-strong without, he is all-weak within.
An optimist sees the oportunity in every difficulty.
You must look at facts, because they look at you.
I like a man who grins when he fights.
The short words are best, and the old words, when short, are the best of all.
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.
It always looks so easy to solve problems by taking the line of least resistance.
The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing...is a vice so mean and low, without any temptation, that every man of sense and character detests and despises it.
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