There will be no greater burden on our generation than to organize the forces of liberty in our time in order to make our quest ofa new freedom for America.

This book [the Bible] speaks both the voice of God and the voice of humanity, for there is told in it the most convincing of human experience that has ever been written...and those who heed that story will know their strength and happiness and success are all summed up in the exhortation, "Fear God and keep His commandments."

If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.

Never for a moment have I had one doubt about my religious beliefs. There are people who believe only so far as they can understand--that seems to me presumptuous and sets their understanding as the standard of the universe.

A fault which humbles a person is of more use to him or her than a good action which puffs him or her up.

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.