There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right and not to fear to do or say what you believe to be right. That is the only way to deserve and to win the confidence of our great people in these days of trouble.

The is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do and for making a certainty of what you try. But this principle, like others in life and war, has it exceptions.

Let us reconcile ourselves to the mysterious rhythm of our destinies, such as they must be in this world of space and time.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

Never does a man portray his character more vividly than when proclaiming the character of another.

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.