No doubt a lot of nonsense has been talked about the inalienable rights of the individual, and a great deal that was mere vague sentiment and pleasin… - Woodrow Wilson

The President was denied formal precedence in dignity by the Governor of New York, and must himself have felt inclined to question the consequence of his official station, when he found that amongst the principal questions with which he had to deal were some which concerned no greater things than petty points of etiquette and ceremonial;

There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.

I would … rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than triumph in a cause that I know some day will lose.