No man can be just who is not free.

Never attempt to murder a man who is committing suicide.

I had rather be defeated in a cause that will ultimately triumph than triumph in a cause that will ultimately be defeated.

We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world.

We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character to display itself in what I may, perhaps, be allowed to call spiritual efficiency - clear disinterested thinking and fearless action

Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.

When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.