Nicholas Murray Butler

“ The present crisis is brought about by those who have lost faith in America — who no longer believe in, or who do not understand the principles of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution of the United States — who would turn their backs upon a republican form of government, in order to set up in its place a system of control by a privileged class. ”

“ You can not take out of the story of America these names. You can not take out of the story of America their achievements. You can not take out of the story of America their record. It is our duty to strive to be worthy of their example, of their counsel, and of our opportunity. ”

“ In the approaching contest, the nation faces a crisis. Fundamental principles are involved. Shall the America of our fathers, with its republican form of government, its principles of civil liberty, and its whole democratic social and industrial order be maintained for a new period of constructive progress, or shall it be abandoned for some untried experiment? ”