Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you.

The first duty of a man is to think for himself

Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration man can normally muster.

A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others.