The Possession Of Great Powers No Doubt

We Hold Reunions, Not For The Dead, For There Is Nothing In All The Earth That You And I Can Do For The Dead. They Are Past Our Help And Past Our Praise. We Can Add To Them No Glory, We Can Give To Them No Immortality. They Do Not Need Us, But Forever And Forever More We Need Them.

Light Itself Is A Great Corrective. A Thousand Wrongs And Abuses That Are Grown In Darkness Disappear, Like Owls And Bats, Before The Light Of Day.

In My Judgment It Is The Duty Of Congress, While Respecting To The Uttermost The Conscientious Convictions And Religious Scruples Of Every Citizen, To Prohibit Within Its Jurisdiction All Criminal Practices ... Nor Can Any Ecclesiastical Organization Be Safely Permitted To Usurp In The Smallest Degree The Functions And Powers Of The National Government.

Commerce Links All Mankind In One Common Brotherhood Of Mutual Dependence And Interests.

The Men Who Succeed Best In Public Life Are Those Who Take The Risk Of Standing By Their Own Convictions.