Quotes by Bainbridge Colby

• A liberty subject to law and subordinate to the common welfare.
• America stands for individual liberty, but that means an ordered liberty.
• We must stifle the voice of hatred and faction.
• We must be loyal to the forum of our government.
• An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country.
• 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.
• 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.
• I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.
• Americanism demands loyalty to the teacher and respect for his lesson.
• The test of good citizenship is loyalty to 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.
• The social and industrial structure of America is founded upon an enlightened citizenship.
• Like pictures, men should be judged by their merits and not by their defects.
• 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.
• 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.