How could a society escape destruction if, when political ties are relaxed, moral ties are not tightened, and what can be done with a people master of itself if it not subject to God?

To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

Nations, as well as man, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years.

The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express.

[Liberty] considers religion as the safeguard of morality, and morality as the best security of law and the surest pledge of the duration of freedom.

Physical strength therefore is one of the first conditions of happiness and even of the existence of nations.