"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day."

"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have."

"I am a living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has. It is possible for each of you to attain to that."

"I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him."

"I have been selected to fill an important office for a brief period, and am now, in your eyes, invested with an authority which I must soon yield to the regularly chosen successor, and which I hope to…"