Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality... Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.

Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other.

That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction ... nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

I believe the declaration that ‘all men are created equal’ is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest.

When arguing with a fool, make sure the opponent isn't doing the exact same thing.