Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.

The right of private judgment is absolute in every American citizen.

There are times in the history of men and nations, when they stand so near the vale that separates mortals from the immortals, time from eternity, and men from their God, that they can almost hear the beatings, and feel the pulsations of the heart of the Infinite.

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.

Battles are never the end of war; for the dead must be buried and the cost of the conflict must be paid.

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.

But for we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare... are to be found portrayed in it.