If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, - it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.

We are apt to be deluded into false security by political catch-words, devised to flatter rather than instruct.

There are men and women who make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They have the gift of kindness or courage or loyalty or integrity. It really matters very little whether they are behind the wheel of a truck or running a business or bringing up a family. The teach the truth by living it.

History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning; its two eyes are geography and chronology.

The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a comtempt for mere external show

I would rather believe something and suffer for it, than to slide along into success without opinions.

The divorce between Church and State ought to be absolute. It ought to be so absolute that no Church property anywhere, in any state or in the nation, should be exempt from equal taxation; for if you exempt the property of any church organization, to that extent you impose a tax upon the whole community.