- “Great lives never go out; they go on.”
– A beautiful reminder that the impact of a meaningful life lasts beyond death.
- “The bud of victory is always in the truth.”
– Highlighting the importance of truth in achieving lasting success.
- “I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth shall starve in the process.”
– A powerful statement on fair labor and ethical consumerism.
- “We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.”
– Expressing early skepticism of foreign intervention.
- “Have you not learned that not everything that is good for the people is fit for a president to do?”
– Reflecting on the limits of presidential power.
- “Prayer steadies one when he is walking in slippery places—even if things asked for are not given.”
- “The law protects the rights of the weak as well as the strong.”
– A reminder of justice being for all, not just the powerful.
