You cannot play the hypocrite before God; and to obtain pardon you must cease to sin, as well as to be exercised by a spirit of repentance.

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself.

Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It means justice. It means liberty. It means happiness.... Every color means liberty. Every thread means liberty. Every star and stripe means liberty.

It is sometimes of God's mercy that men in the eager pursuit of worldly aggrandizement are baffled; for they are very like a train going down an inclined plane - putting on the brake is not pleasant, but it keeps the car on the track.

Every man carries a menagerie in himself; and, by stirring him up all around, you will find every sort of animal represented there.

Though a man declares himself an atheist, it in no way alters his obligations.

It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.