Individuals may wear for a time the glory of our institutions, but they carry it not to the grave with them. Like raindrops from heaven, they may pass through the circle of the shining bow and add to its luster; but when they have sunk in the earth again, the proud arch still spans the sky and shines gloriously on.

Suicide is not a remedy

Liberty is no negation. It is a substantive, tangible reality.

I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis.

Right reason is stronger than force.