If one, then, asks me the meaning of our flag, I say to him, It means just what Concord and Lexington meant, what Bunker Hill meant; it means the whole glorious Revolutionary War, which was, in short, the rising up of a valiant young people against an old tyranny, to establish the most momentous doctrine that the world had ever known - the right of men to their own selves and to their liberties.

The religion that fosters intolerance needs another Christ to die for it.

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.

No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.

If there be any one whose power is in beauty, in purity, in goodness, it is a woman.

They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.

No one thing does human life more need than a kind consideration of the faults of others. Every one sins; everyone needs forbearance. Our own imperfections should teach us to be merciful.