It is not easy to conceive of anything that would be more unfortunate in a community based upon the ideals of which Americans boast than any considerable development of intolerance as regards religion.

The man who builds a factory, builds a temple.

Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table.

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

Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.

The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.

Nobody will ever forget what I've accomplished.