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"An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country."
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"What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds."

"America is the most fertile ground of opportunity."

"This country and the Commonwealth last Tuesday were not far from the Kingdom of Heaven."

"In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment."

"To be able to detect the outbreak of avian flu anywhere in the world is going to require a partnership of several countries that will share information and samples, but it is important to remember a threat anywhere is a threat everywhere."

"We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition."

"This country is undergoing great changes for the better."

"If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera."
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"Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country."

"But we must not, if we are loyal, disperse our energies in a partisan warfare that is waged without regard to its consequences to the well being, security, or honor of the country."

"It is a high patriotic duty that we support and sustain the men who have been placed in position of difficulty, burden, responsibility, and even danger as the result of our suffrages."

"And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character."

"That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval."
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