Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.

Can those entrusted with the gravest authority set any example save that of the sternest obedience to the law?

One with the law is a majority.

It has not been my fortune to know very much of Freemasonry, but I have had the great fortune to know many Freemasons and have been able in that way to judge the tree by its fruit. I know of your high ideals. I have seen that you hold your meetings in the presence of the open Bible, and I know that men who observe that formality have high sentiments of citizenship, of worth, and character. That is the strength of our Commonwealth and nation.