I deeply regret the suggestions which are made on some sides that we should take advantage of the present situation in the world but should ...
There is nothing that is so formidable as a fact.
There is only one means of doing that, my fellow citizens.
Do you know of any business or undertaking in which you can get the advantage without assuming the responsibility?
Nothing has impressed me more, or impressed me more painfully, than the degree in which the rest of the world trusts us and looks to us.
The world will be turned back to cynicism if America goes back on it.
I ask you even as a business proposition whether it is more useful to trade with a cynic or with an optimist.
The real difficulty in all political reform is to know whether you can translate your theories into facts or not.
I entirely concur in Senator Lodge's conclusion, and I hope I shall have his cooperation in bringing about the desired result.
It is that consciousness which I have so often gained in moving from one part of this beloved country to another that makes me so profoundly...
I want to express my particular interest in this charming circle of school children.
I give you my most cordial greeting and my most profound thanks for this generous welcome.
No amount of debate will set them off their balance in their thinking, because their thinking is based upon fundamental impulses of right.
I want you to realize just what the covenant of the league of nations means.
I can say that I am profoundly glad to see you and profoundly touched by a welcome like this.
It would indeed be ungracious if I did not say how much I have appreciated your welcome.
There is nothing so chilling as discussion to a hot temper.
It is not going to draw apart and it is not going to desert the nations of the world.