The truth is that all great men have had great mothers. Great women have had, as a rule, great fathers.

In order to appreciate a great man, we must know his surroundings. We must understand the scope of the drama in which he played - the part he acted - and we must also know his audience.

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

As long as the people persist in voting for or against men on account of their religious views, just so long will hypocrisy hold place and power.

Every fact in the universe will fit every other fact in the universe. A lie never did, never will fit anything but another lie made to fit it. Never, never!

It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead.

Voltaire lighted a torch and gave to others the sacred flame. The light still shines and will as long as man loves liberty and seeks for truth.

A good way to make children tell the truth is to tell it yourself. Keep your word with your child the same as you would with your banker.

If there is any God, there is only one way to please him, and that is by a conscientious discharge of your obligations to your fellow men.