There are some gentlemen who are under the delusion that the power of a nation comes from the top.

This order is issued on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture with the concurrence of the Civil Service Commission.

I venture to say that a decent respect for the opinion of mankind demanded that those who started the present European war should have stated their reasons; but they did not pay any heed to the opinion of mankind, and the reckoning will…

I am for the time being the spokesman of such people, gentlemen.

There is something very oddly contradictory about the effect you men have on me.

Force will not accomplish anything that is permanent.

Of course it is our duty to prepare this Nation to take care of its honor and of its institutions.

The requirement of the United States citizenship is hereby waived to permit the certification of Mr. Cedric R. Landon for appointment to the position of predatory animal inspector, Bureau of Biological Survey, Department of Agriculture…

I knew that all a university could do if it knew its business was to interpret the moral forces of the world.

If I could have been as generous and interesting and genuine as Mr. Colby, I should have felt that I could let myself go without any preparation.

I realize that I have done a very imprudent thing; I have come to address this thoughtful company of men without any preparation whatever.

I think the sentence in American history that I myself am proudest of is that in the introductory sentences of the Declaration of Independence.