As long as there are human rights to be defended; as long as there are great interests to be guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place.

Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.

Facts mean nothing unless they are rightly understood, rightly related and rightly interpreted.

If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

If we steal a man's purse we are thieves. If we steal twelve hundred islands we are patriots. If you steal a man's money you will be sent to the penitentiary. If you steal his liberty you will be sent to the White House.

You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.