It is not in violence and crime that our greatest danger lies. These evils are so perfectly apparent that they very quickly arouse the moral power of the people for their suppression. A far more serious danger lurks in the shirking of those responsibilities of citizenship, where the evil may not be so noticeable but is more insidious and likely to be more devastating.

Because of what America is and what America has done, a firmer courage, a higher hope, inspires the heart of all humanity.

One insidious practice which sugar-coats the dose of Federal intrusion is the division of expense . . .

Measured by the standards of men of their time, [the Pilgrims] were the humble of the earth. Measured by later accomplishments, they were the mighty. In appearance weak and persecuted they came -- rejected, despised -- an insignificant band; in reality strong and independent, a mighty host of whom the world was not worthy destined to free mankind.

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.

I should think that an ordinary copy of the King James version would have been good enough for those Congressmen.

The centralization of power in Washington, which nearly all members of Congress deplore in their speech and then support by their votes, steadily increases.