Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?

Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.

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

A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

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.