We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed

There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.

All men matter. You matter. I matter. It's the hardest thing in theology to believe.

I have formed a very clear conception of patriotism. I have generally found it thrust into the foreground by some fellow who has something to hide in the background. I have seen a great deal of patriotism; and I have generally found it the last refuge of the scoundrel.

An almost unnatural vigilance is really required of the citizen because of the horrible rapidity with which human institutions grow old.

One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.

It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.