Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated read more

Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

Looking backward we could almost see, suspended with the most delicate equipoise above the flat little island, the ghostly shapes read more

Looking backward we could almost see, suspended with the most delicate equipoise above the flat little island, the ghostly shapes of those twin orbs of the Empire, the cricket ball and the blackball.

Among all nations there should be vast temples raised where people might worship in silence and listen to it, for read more

Among all nations there should be vast temples raised where people might worship in silence and listen to it, for it is the voice of God

Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.

Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the read more

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground

A nation can assume that the addition of the words "under God" to its pledge of allegiance gives evidence that read more

A nation can assume that the addition of the words "under God" to its pledge of allegiance gives evidence that its citizens actually believe in God whereas all it really proves is that they believe in "believing" in God

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet read more

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.