Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, right or wrong - is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
We cannot afford merely to sit down and deplore the evils of city life as inevitable, when cities are constantly growing, both absolutely and relatively. We must set ourselves vigorously about the task of improving them; and this task is now well begun.
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
Aggressive fighting for the right is the greatest sport in the world.
I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure , than to take rank with those poor spires who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready.