Adlai Stevenson: “He was the inveterate hater of shams of all kinds, and of mere pretenders of every description.”

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

It is high privilege and high honor to be a citizen of this grand republic.

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

We make progress in proportion as we wisely ponder significant events.