I cannot consent to take the position that the door of hope - the door of opportunity - is to be shut upon any man, no matter how worthy, purely upon the grounds of race or color. Such an attitude would, according to my convictions, be fundamentally wrong.

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.

Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life.

I would a great deal rather be anything, say professor of history, than vice president.

Gradually the true Mason gains experience in using these working tools and can observe subtler and subtler indications of personal flaws.

There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.

No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.