Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. read more

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.

A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory

A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten

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.

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy read more

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell

We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count read more

We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to read more

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.

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.