The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
Quitting is leading too.
There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.
The defence of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
Hence 'the overthrow of government' as a coercive power, thereby denying God in another form.
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.
It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
