It Is Part Of The American Character

Material Abundance Without Character Is The Surest Way To Destruction.

If We Cannot Secure All Our Rights, Let Us Secure What We Can.

An Enlightened Citizenry Is Indispensable For The Proper Functioning Of A Republic. Self-government Is Not Possible Unless The Citizens Are Educated Sufficiently To Enable Them To Exercise Oversight. It Is Therefore Imperative That The Nation See To It That A Suitable Education Be Provided For All Its Citizens.

History, I Believe, Furnishes No Example Of A Priest-ridden People Maintaining A Free Civil Government.

He Who Receives An Idea From Me, Receives Instruction Himself Without Lessening Mine; As He Who Lights His Taper At Mine, Receives Light Without Darkening Me.