There is always a certain glamour about the idea of a nation rising up to crush an evil simply because it is wrong. Unfortunately, this can seldom be realized in real life; for the very existence of the evil usually argues a moral weakness in the very place where extraordinary moral strength is called for.

Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.

Liberty trains for liberty. Responsibility is the first step in responsibility.

But art is not simply works of art; it is the spirit that knows Beauty, that has music in its soul and the color of sunsets in its headkerchiefs; that can dance on a flaming world and make the world dance, too.

When in this world a man comes forward with a thought, a deed, a vision, we ask not how does he look, but what is his message?. . . The world still wants to ask that a woman primarily be pretty. . . .

There may often be excuse for doing things poorly in this world, but there is never any excuse for calling a poorly done thing, well done.

I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.