Adlai Stevenson: “The one vital and portentous question--in some one of its many phases--was that of human slavery.”

The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it and say it is safe.

We, the heirs of all the ages, in the plenitude of our enjoyments, and the prodigality of the favors showered upon us, hail Columbus our benefactor.

In the presence of such majestic power we can only stand awed and silent.

Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible and, by attempting, prove that one with God can chase a thousand and two can put ten thousand to flight.