It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down.

I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant, or Jewish - where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all.

I would not look with favor upon a President working to subvert the First Amendment's guarantees of religious liberty ... Neither do I look with favor upon those who would work to subvert Article VI of the Constitution by requiring a religious test - even by indirection.

The efforts of governments alone will never be enough. In the end, the people must choose and the people must help themselves.

The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use; of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.