In my judgment it is the duty of Congress, while respecting to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of every citizen, to prohibit within its jurisdiction all criminal practices ... Nor can any ecclesiastical organization be safely permitted to usurp in the smallest degree the functions and powers of the National Government.

The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.

The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word. Its strains have been pealing along down the centuries, and though there have been mingled the discords of warring cannon and dying men, yet to the Christian philosopher and historian - the humble listener - there has been a Divine melody running through the song which speaks of hope and halcyon days to come.

The divorce between church and state should be absolute.

History is constantly repeating itself, making only such changes of programme as the growth of nations and centuries requires.

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

The lesson of history is rarely learned by the actors themselves.