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

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

His genius and faith gave succeeding generations the opportunity for life and liberty.

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.

Great evils often result from hasty legislation, rarely from the delay which follows full discussion and deliberation.