Grant us a common faith that we shall know bread and peace-that we shall know justice and righteousness, freedom and security, an equal opportunity and an equal chance to do our best not only in our own lands, but throughout the world. And in that faith let us march toward the clean world our hands can make.
Stephen Vincent BenetWe thought we were done with these things but we were wrong. We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.
Stephen Vincent BenetTruth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you might die of the truth.
Stephen Vincent BenetIf two New Hampshiremen aren't a match for the devil, we might as well give the country back to the Indians.
Stephen Vincent BenetI have fallen in love with American names, the sharp, gaunt names that never get fat.
Stephen Vincent Benet