Liberty is its own reward.

Liberty does not consist in mere general declarations of the rights of men. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action.

The history of liberty is a history of limitation of government power, not the increase of it.

You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it.

Energy in a nation is like sap in a tree; it rises from bottom up.

We can afford to exercise the self-restraint of a really great nation which realizes its own strength and scorns to misuse it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

There is such a thing as man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.

The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their lives. The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.

Only a peace between equals can last.