“We Americans... like change. It is at once our weakness and our strength.”
“If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.”
“For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.”
“In all things we become acclimated; this is our strength in wartime, and also our weakness. What is a principle, if it alter with circumstance?But what is a man, if he cannot change to meet changed times? And if he can change to meet changed times, is he a man, or several in succession?”
“We were each other's only link to the past . . . that was the strength of our bond, and also our weakness.”
“In our strength, there lies our weakness, as we overwhelmingly believe that the force of momentum will perpetuate throughout time.”