A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.

Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

Men may be born free; they cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.

Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor. Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them to see the right.

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.

Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy.

Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.