Adlai Stevenson: “We cannot escape their power, nor fly from their presence.”

The value of the great Ordinance to millions who have since found homes within the limits of the vast area embraced within its provision cannot be overstated.

America's obligation to France is enduring--for explorers in the seventeenth century no less than for defenders in that which immediately followed.

Illinois, in all that constitutes true grandeur in a people, knows no superior among the great sisterhood of States.

Never forget that citizenship in such a government carries with it tremendous responsibility, a responsibility that we cannot evade.