“How far have we come in man’s long pilgrimage from darkness toward light? Are we nearing the light—a day of freedom and of peace for all mankind? Or are the shadows of another night closing in upon us?”

Don’t be afraid to go to your library and read every book as long as any document does not offend your own ideas of decency.

The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.

All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.

The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.

Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.

They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.

Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what it is.

Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame – Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.

Through thickest gloom look back, immortal shade, On that confusion which thy death has made.

Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness around me.

She lost herself, a little, in that darkness but returned with stars beneath her skin.

The people we love live in the moon. Guiding us on our darkest nights.

A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.

Thou didst, in strains of eloquence refin’d, Inflame the soul, and captivate the mind.

If we try to deny the darkness in our souls then we’ll become completely dark.

Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.