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.

Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.

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

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

All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.

Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.

Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared.