Adlai Stevenson: “At times the temptation may be strong to compass partisan ends by a disregard or a perversion of the rules.”

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.

Bearing in mind that 'that which comes after ever conforms to that which has gone before,' significant events of the past must be known, to the end that we intelligently comprehend the present, and are enabled, even in scant measure, to…

As one standing, alas, 'upon the western slope,' let me adjure the young men of this magnificent county--my home for more than half a century--to study thoroughly the history of our own State, and of the grand republic of which it is a…