The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.

America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness to power and justice to glo…

America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us w…

We are no longer fighting a great enemy, we are asserting a great principle: that the talents and dreams of average people - their warm human hopes and loves -…

The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently chec…

The democracy which shows up in the United States and in England is not an ideal democracy, because the will of the people is under the pressure of property, w…

Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.