A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

A man doesn't save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.

A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.

Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor. Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them to see the right.