The Constitution was not made to fit us like a straitjacket. In its elasticity lies its chief greatness.

The only place in the world that nothing has to be explained to me is the South.

The world can be at peace only if the world is stable, and there can be no stability where the will is in rebellion, where there is not tranquility of spirit and a sense of justice, of freedom, and of right.

Liberty cannot live apart from constitutional

The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their lives. The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

You must act in your friends' interests whether it pleases them or not; the object of love is to serve, not to win.