Feathers shall raise men even as they do birds towards heaven :- That is by letters written with their quills.

Man is a comparative being. Substandard things must go before super-standard things can come.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

If a society does not wage a common struggle to attain a common goal with its women and men, scientifically there is no way for it to become civilized or developed.

To follow the path that others have laid before you is a reasonable course of action; therefore all progress is made by unreasonable men.

If we make ourselves worthy of America's ideals, if we do not forget that our nation was founded on the premise that all men are creatures of God's making, the world will come to know that it is free men who carry forward the true promise of human progress and dignity.