Knowledge is power but only wisdom is liberty.

The soul of a civilization is its religion, and it dies with its faith.

No man who is in a hurry is quite civilized.

History reports that the men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things, and the men who can manage money manage all.

All deductions having been made, democracy has done less harm, and more good, than any other form of government. It gave to human existence a zest and camaraderie that outweighed its pitfalls and defects. It gave to thought and science and enterprise the freedom essential to their operation and growth. It broke down the walls of privilege and class, and in each generation it raised up ability from every rank and place.

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.