"Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the..." — Woodrow Wilson

I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind.

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may.

The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind.