Some of the greatest and most lasting effects of genuine oratory have gone forth from secluded lecture desks into the hearts of quiet groups of students.

There's not an idea in our heads that has not been worn shiny by someone else's brains.

America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.

The cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.

There is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.

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

Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another, it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people, and her example, her assistance, her encouragement, has thrilled two continents in this western world with all those fine impulses which have built up human liberty on sides of the water. She stands, therefore, as an example of independence, as an example of free institutions, and as an example of disinterested international action in the main tenets of justice.