The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all laws.

It [freedom] is a thing of the spirit. Men must be free to worship, to think, to hold opinions, to speak without fear. They must be free to challenge wrong and oppression with the surety of justice.

If America is to be run by the people, it is the people who must think. And we do not need to put on sackcloth and ashes to think. Nor should our minds work like a sundial which records only sunshine. Our thinking must square against some lessons of history, some principles of government and morals, if we would preserve the rights and dignity of men to which this nation is dedicated.

I, with other Americans, have perhaps unduly resented the stream of criticism of American life... more particularly have I resented the sneers at Main Street. For I have known that in the cottages that lay behind the street rested the strength of our national character.

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

All progress and growth is a matter of change, but change must be growth within our social and government concepts if it should not destroy them.

A boy has two jobs. One is just being a boy. The other is growing up to be a man.