The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That is, it was founded on a faith that was not merely summed up after it had exited, but was defined before it existed.

The word good has many meanings.

Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government.

Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.

The truth is that it is our attitude towards children that is right, and our attitude towards grown-up people that is wrong.

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

White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black... God paints in many colours; but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white.