Conformity is that jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. – John F. Kennedy

Here in America we are descended in spirit from revolutionists and rebels – men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. – Dwight D. Eisenhower, address, Columbia University, 31 May 1954

He guided the passions of others, because he was master of his own. – Ebenezer Grant Marsh

The important thing today is not what we say of Lincoln but what Lincoln would say of us if he were here in this hour and could note the drift and tendency in American life and American politics. – Stephen Samuel Wise