Diversity of opinion within the framework of loyalty to our free society is not only basic to a university but to the entire nation.

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism… The one absolutely certain way of brining this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.

The overwhelming importance of the atmosphere means that there are no longer any frontiers to defend against pollution, attack, or propaganda. It means, further, that only by a deep patriotic devotion to one’s country can there be a hope of the kind of protection of the whole planet, which is necessary for the survival of the people of other countries.

If we are to achieve richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.

Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.

Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact—it is silence which isolates.

Isn’t it amazing that we are all made in God’s image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?

Wherever there is injustice, war, discrimination against women, gays and the disadvantaged, I did my best to show up and exert moral persuasion.

The generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow-beings.

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.

A society that tolerates intimidation as a means of settling disputes…loses its moral rights to exist as a social system, and its collapse does not take long to follow.

America’s abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the “common good,” but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes.

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.

In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one is useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

If a businessman makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences. If a bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences.