Living political constitutions must be Darwinian in structure and in practice. Society is a living organism and must obey the laws of life, not of mechanics; it must develop. All that progressives ask or desire is permission-in an era when 'development,' 'evolution,' is the scientific word-to interpret the Constitution according to the Darwinian principle; all they ask is recognition of the fact that a nation is a living thing and not a machine.
It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilizationitself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.
When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.
In fundamental theory socialism and democracy are almost if not quite one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members. Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals. Limits of wisdom and convenience to the public control there may be: limits of principle there are, upon strict analysis, none.
The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation—until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan, a veritable empire of the South, to protect the Southern country.
Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.
There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit...
Provision for others is a fundamental responsibility of human life.
Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.
No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.
Only peace between equals can last.
Unless justice be done to others it will not be done to us.
Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
No government has ever been beneficent when the attitude of government was that it was taking care of the people. The only freedom consists in the people taking care of the government.
If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.
To do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking.
Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.
The flag of the United States has not been created by rhetorical sentences in declarations of independence and in bills of rights. It has been created by the experience of a great people, and nothing is written upon it that has not been written by their life. It is the embodiment, not of a sentiment, but of a history.
As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
I would not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with great respect of the past.
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