A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.

The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.

Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce it.

The driving force of a nation lies in its spiritual purpose, made effective by free, tolerant but unremitting national will.

You cannot organize civilization around the core of militarism and at the same time expect reason to control human destinies.

Our government is based on the belief that a people can be both strong and free, that civilized men need no restraint but that imposed by themselves against abuse of freedom.

A Liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest—at the command—of his head.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free.

Knowledge—that is, education in its true sense— is our best protection against unreasoning prejudice and panic-making fear, whether engendered by special interest, illiberal minorities, or panic-stricken leaders.