If we fail now, then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith; freedom asks more than it gives; and the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored.

You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.

The purposeful many need not and will not bow to the willful few.

At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom.

We can and should have an abundance of trails for walking, cycling, and horseback riding, in and close to our cities. In the backcountry we need to copy the great Appalachian Trail in all parts of America.

Come now. let us reason together.

I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it.