All the ills from which America suffers can be traced back to the teaching of evolution. It would be better to destroy every other book ever written, and save just the first three verses of Genesis.

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

My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.

We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.

The essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one's country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but in good bestowed.

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

There is no more reason to believe that man descended from an inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.