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.

The decisions of the courts on economic and social questions depend on their economic and social philosophy.

If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.

No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

It is character that counts in a nation as in a man.

A President has a great chance; his position is almost that of a king and a prime minister rolled into one.