Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own so do nations not like to live under other nations however noble and great the latter may be.

Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression.

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation not so much because of any threat from without but because of the insidious forces working from within.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

Half a truth is often a great lie.

Trust men and they will be true to you treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

A great man is always willing to be little.

When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie deliberate contrived and dishonest but the myth persistent persuasive and unrealistic.

Fishes live in the sea as men do a-land the great ones eat up the little ones.

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex the ugly ones included.

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers but for powers equal to our tasks to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare social justice can never be attained.

My books are like water those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.