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Our knowledge of circumstances has increased, but our uncertainty, instead of having diminished, has only increased.

These difficulties accumulate and produce a friction which no man can imagine exactly who has not seen War

Everything is very simple in War, but the simplest thing is difficult.

A grave responsibility confronts this Court whenever in course of litigation it must reconcile the conflicting claims of liberty and authority.

Nevertheless the person in charge never seems to look the impossibility in the face.

It is neither to do everything yourself nor to appoint a number of people to each duty, but to ensure that each does that duty to which he is appointed.

Nearly all of us recognize that as intricacies of human relationships increase, so power to govern them also must increase--power to stop evil; power to do good.

You have summoned me in my weakness; you must sustain me by your strength.

I have not sought this enormous responsibility, but I will not shirk it.

I have learned already in this office that the difficult decisions always come to this desk.

Fully impressed with the gravity of the duties that confront me and mindful of my weakness, I should be appalled if it were my lot to bear unaided the responsibilities which await me.

In this time of doubt, they look to the United States as never before for good will, strength, and wise leadership.

Responsibility is null when nobody knows who is responsible; nor, even when real, can it be divided without being weakened.

This has become more difficult in a world where change and growth seem to tower beyond the control and even the judgment of men.

With tireless energy and eager zeal, colored women have, since their emancipation, been continuously prosecuting the work of educating and elevating their race, as though upon themselves alone devolved the accomplishment of this great task.

it must be from one man that it receives its institutions at first, and upon one man that all similar reconstruction must depend

Difficult and embarrassing questions meet us at the threshold of this subject.

Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us.

our responsibility is heavy, to ourselves, to the world as it is to-day, and to the generations yet unborn

If I felt that there is to be sole responsibility in the Executive for the America of tomorrow I should shrink from the burden.

We knew that if one man could rise above the misery then others could as well.

If you want to change the world, start singing when you’re up to your neck in mud.

Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility.