The chief duty of governments, in so far as they are coercive, is to restrain those who would interfere with the inalienable rights of the individual, among which are the right to life, the right to liberty, the right to the pursuit of happiness and the right to worship God according to the dictates of ones conscience.

If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.

I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.

No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.

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

A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.

Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.