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| Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles. | | Uncategorized | |
| Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist in him | | Business | |
| Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is growing or swelling. | | America and Americans; Politics | |
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| Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. | | Friendship | |
| Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have. | | Genius; Perseverance | |
| Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose. | | Golf | |
| Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness, and all the ugly distempers that make an ordered life impossible | | Uncategorized | |
| I believe in democracy, because it releases the energies of every human being. | | Uncategorized | |
| I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not concert the method by which to prevent it | | War | |
| I fancy that it is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you | | Uncategorized | |
| I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking | | 4th of July; Freedom; Speech | |
| I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something. | | Uncategorized | |
| I not only use all the brains I have but all I can borrow. | | Uncategorized | |
| I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow. | | Uncategorized | |
| I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it | | Reading | |
| I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty. | | Liberty; Nations | |
| I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail | | Failure; Victory | |
| I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose. | | Uncategorized | |
| If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience. | | Uncategorized | |
