 To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part of intelligence; it is frequently the part of ignorance. |
| The less one knows, the more he thinks he knows, and the more willing he is to employ any and all measures to enforce his views upon others. |
| If there is anything worse than international warfare, is civil warfare, and the United States was destined to experience it in the extreme of bitterness. |
| The lawlessness of frontier life in America has been pictured as a remarkable phenomenon. In reality, it was the natural consequence of indiscriminate mixing of volatile substances. |
| One's nativity is not of his own choosing, but whatever it may be, it is entitled to respect; and all nations have honorable place in the world's family. |
| Segregation never brought anyone anything except trouble. |
| There is nothing in the genius of America more precious today than the spirit of religious and political tolerance in its application to our own people. |
| It did not come naturally; in fact, it would be difficult to conceive of any more dogmatic and less tolerant people than the first settlers on New England shores. |
| Many obstacles to the expansion of good will have presented themselves. |
| In course of time, religion came with its rites invoking the aid of good spirits which were even more powerful than the bad spirits, and thus for the time being tempered the agony of fears. |
| In the cold, shivering twilight, preceding the daybreak of civilization, the dominating emotion of man was fear. |
| If there ever was a militant religion, it was that of early New England. |
