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.

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

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

Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.

[I]t is difficult to picture the great Creator conceiving of a program of one creature (which He has made) using another living creature for purposes of experimentation. There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.

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.

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