A democracy,- that is a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people; of course, a government of the principles of eternal justice, the unchanging law of God; for shortness' sake I will call it the idea of Freedom.

It seems strange that a butterfly's wing should be woven up so thin and gauzy in the monstrous loom of nature, and be so delicately tipped with fire from such a gross hand, and rainbowed all over in such a storm of thunderous elements. The marvel is that such great forces do such nice work.

Science is the natural ally of religion.

It is not from the tall crowded workhouse of prosperity that men first or clearest see the eternal stars of heaven.

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight, I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.

Justice is the idea of God, the ideal of man, the rule of conduct writ in the nature of mankind.