Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

America... Cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.

The Jews themselves, of whom a considerable number were already scattered throughout the colonies, were true to the teachings of their prophets. The Jewish faith is predominantly the faith of liberty.

It is equally clear that a government must govern, must prescribe and enforce laws within its sphere or cease to be a government. Moreover, the individual must be independent and free within his own sphere or cease to be an individual. The fundamental question was then, is now, and always will be through what adjustments, by what actions, these principles may be applied.

The government of a country never gets ahead of the religion of a country. There is no way by which we can substitute the authority of the law for the virtues of men.

I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves