To die for an idea it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break.

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.

Some men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a woman's toes to her ears, lingering in the softest way possible in various places in between, given often enough and sincerely enough, would add immeasurably to world peace.