The Civil Rights movement should thank God for Bull Connor. He's helped it as much as Abraham Lincoln.

Civility is not a sign of weakness.

Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution and all its parts - including the First Amendment and the strict separation of church and state.

If there is one path above all others to war, it is the path of weakness and disunity.

No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue.

Wherever there is smoke there is a good smoke machine.

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.