I can think of no greater disaster to this country than to have the voters of it divide upon religious lines.

The Brooklyn Bridge and I grew up together.

It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they are not in sympathy.

It is a confession of the weakness of our own faith in the righteousness of our cause when we attempt to suppress by law those who do not agree with us.

The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine.

Be sincere. Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you.

I believe in the support of the public school as one of the cornerstones of American liberty. I believe in the right of every parent to choose whether his child shall be educated in the public school or in a religious school supported by those of his own faith.