Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs.

It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day.

France and Italy have not yet signed this treaty or agreed to naval limitation as between those nations, but I have confidence that in time they will do so.

Warned by the disaster of the last great war, the statesmen of all nations have been taking measures to prevent the return of another such calamity.

Adequate defense has been the catchword of every militarist for centuries.

There are but few naval powers, but there are many land powers.

Competition in armament, both land and naval, is not only a terrible burden upon the people, but I believe it to be one of the greatest menaces to the peace of the world.

There is no short and easy road, no magic cure for those ills which have afflicted mankind from the dawn of history.

It is true not all has been accomplished that the earnest advocates would desire, but a start has been made.

I know of no more important subject to the peace of Europe and the world than the reasonable reduction of armaments, especially in Europe, and of naval armaments throughout the world.

The fact that so many of your people are today residents and citizens of the United States, lending their influence to our civic and economic life, which has meant so much to our development.

Stop pretending to be something you're not. FREE YOURSELF. You are good enough just the way you are.

Nothing conquers the chaos around me like the calm assurance that I am at peace with God.

He hiccupped and continued: "I write therefore I come...But unfortunately, my orgies are never eternal!...

If you are doing whatever a shepherd is ordering you to do, then you are a real sheep, a poor submissive being!

Just because it is not done your way, doesn't mean it is not right.

Nothing has ever been achieved without trying

I think that, on some level, everybody lives vicariously through couples who are getting married.

I think maybe it is better to believe than not to believe. But I couldn't tell you why.

Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to his work.

Sometimes, I think Bill forgets that I am sixteen. But I am very happy that he does.