Liberty Of Thought Soon Shrivels

The Dynamo Of Our Economic System Is Self-interest Which May Range From Mere Petty Greed To Admirable Types Of Self-expression.

The Ultimate Foundation Of A Free Society Is The Binding Tie Of Cohesive Sentiment.

A Phrase Begins Life As A Literary Expression; Its Felicity Leads To Its Lazy Repetition, And Repetition Soon Establishes It As A Legal Formula, Undiscriminatingly Used To Express Different And Sometimes Contradictory Ideas.

Gratitude Is One Of The Least Articulate Of The Emotions, Especially When It Is Deep. I Can Express With Very Limited Adequacy The Passionate Devotion To This Land That Possesses Millions Of Our People, Born, Like Myself, Under Other Skies, For The Privilege That That This County Has Bestowed In Allowing Them To Partake Of Its Fellowship.

Lincoln's Appeal To "the Better Angels Of Our Nature" Failed To Avert A Fratricidal War. But The Compassionate Wisdom Of Lincoln's First And Second Inaugurals Bequeathed To The Union, Cemented With Blood, A Moral Heritage Which, When Drawn Upon In Times Of Stress And Strife, Is Sure To Find Specific Ways And Means To Surmount Difficulties That May Appear To Be Insurmountable.