I would not have come away from Washington had I not believed that there was a stronger compulsion of conscience to acquaint you with the state of affairs than there was to remain ...
We are not theorists in this matter.
America does not constitute the world.
I believe that you will credit the statement that no man is in a better position to know that than I am.
One can not pay the price of self-respect.
The impulses of government in this country do not come from the rulers, they come from the people.
We are counting upon you to keep this country out of war.
America has a character as distinct as the character of any individual amongst us.
I have not grudged a single burden that has been thrown upon me with that end in view.
We are counting upon you to maintain unsullied and unquestioned the honor and integrity of the United States;
Why, no voice has ever come to any public man more audibly, more unmistakably, than the voice of this great people has come to me.