"Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness."  James Wilson

"I believe in America because we have great dreams - and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true."  Wendell L. Wilkie

"American is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political and moral fact - the first community in which men set out in principle to institutionalize freedom, responsible government, and human equality."  Adlai Stevenson