Ambition is a commendable attribute, without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils.

Ambition is a commendable attribute, without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils.

Actually, we're just glorified flagpole sitters.

We need citizens who are less concerned about what their government can do for them, and more concerned about what they can do for the nation.

There is no relationship here between Church and State. Religious liberty has its unalterable place, along with civil and human liberty, in the very foundation of the Republic. I hold it [religious intolerance] to be a menace to the very liberties which we boast and cherish.

We must proceed with a full realization that no statute enacted by man can repeal the inexorable laws of nature.

In the experiences of a year of the Presidency, there has come to me no other such unwelcome impression as the manifest religious intolerance which exists among many of our citizens. I hold it to be a menace to the very liberties we boast and cherish.