The wise and honorable and Christian thing to do is to treat each black man and each white man (or any person) on his merits as a man, giving him no more and no less than he is worthy to have.

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America.

It is not the critic who counts

It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.

We have duties to others, and duties to ourselves, and we cannot shirk either.

The American people abhor a vacuum.