Education Should Be The Handmaid Of Citizenship.

In Its Main Features The Declaration Of Independence Is A Great Spiritual Document. It Is A Declaration Not Of Material But Of Spiritual Conceptions. Equality, Liberty, Popular Sovereignty, The Rights Of Man - These Are Not Elements Which We Can See And Touch. They Are Ideals. They Have Their Source And Their Roots In The Religious Convictions. They Belong To The Unseen World. Unless The Faith Of The American People In These Religious Convictions Is To Endure, The Principles Of Our Declaration Will Perish. We Can Not Continue To Enjoy The Result If We Neglect And Abandon The Cause.

Everyone Has An Influence On Public Affairs If He Will Take The Trouble To Exert It.

The Government Of The United States Is A Device For Maintaining In Perpetuity The Rights Of The People, With The Ultimate Extinction Of All Privileged Classes.

I Have Noticed That Nothing I Never Said Ever Did Me Any Harm.

I Think The American Public Wants A Solemn Ass As A President, And I Think I'll Go Along With Them.