The nature of men and of organized society dictates the maintenance in every field of action of the highest and purest standards of justice and of right dealing.... By justice the lawyer generally means the prompt, fair, and open application of impartial rules; but we call ours a Christian civilization, and a Christian conception of justice must be much higher. It must include sympathy and helpfulness and a willingness to forego self-interest in order to promote the welfare, happiness, and contentment of others and of the community as a whole.

You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.

If you would be a leader of men, you must lead your own generation, not the next.

I am sorry for men who do not read the Bible every day. I wonder why they deprive themselves of the strength and pleasure.

The light that shined upon the summit now seems almost to shine at our feet.

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.

The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.