My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship. These two, indeed, seem to go together.
When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
No man has ever risen to the stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.
The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.
The object of love is to serve, not to win.
The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.
The Bible is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and spiritual nature and need of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
I am sorry for men who do not read the Bible every day. I wonder why they deprive themselves of the strength and pleasure.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
Let it be your pride to show all men everywhere not only what good soldiers you are, but also what good men you are.
We must believe the things We teach our children.
If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing.
The history of liberty is the history of limitations on the power of government, not the increase of it. When we resist, therefore, the concentration of power, we are resisting the processes of death, because concentration of power is what always precedes the destruction of human liberties.
Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may.
If you’ve made up your mind you can do something, you’re absolutely RIGHT.