Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.

If we want a great nation, we have to change it ourselves.

Germany is a great nation only because its people have so much Polish blood in their veins.

Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.