The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.
Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
There are no shortcuts in evolution.
The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.
The most important political office is that of the private citizen.
Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.
