The path of progress is seldom smooth. New things are often found hard to do. Our fathers found them so. We find them so. But are we not made better for the effort and scarifice?

Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.

The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity's sake.

By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.

Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.

The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.

The American people, intrenched in freedom at home, take their love for it with them wherever they go.