THE STATE • Ours is a government of liberty by, through, and under the law. (Speech at Spokane, WA, May 26, 1903) • A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy. (The New Nationalism, 1910) • Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. (Miscellaneous Writings, c. 1890s) • In popular government results worth having can be achieved only by men who combine worthy ideals with practical good sense. (Address at Harvard Union, Feb. 23, 1907) • If I must choose between righteousness and peace I choose righteousness. (America and the World War, 1915)