Ohio University's Distinguished Visitors

Ohio University's Distinguished Visitors. . , Susan Brownell Anthony , Woman Suffrage Leader , Visited October 19, 1878 , "To secure both national and 'domestic tranquility,' to 'establish justice,' to carry out the spirit of our Constitution, put into the hands of all women....the ballot.", William McKinley , President of the United States , 1897 to 1901 , Visited October 3, 1891 , "Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.", William Howard Taft , President of the United States , 1909 to 1913 , Visited August 29, 1908 , "The battlefield as a place of settlement of disputes is gradually yielding to arbitral courts of justice.", Theodore Roosevelt , President of the United States , 1901 to 1909 , Visited May 17, 1912 , "Much has been given us and much will rightfully be expected from us.", William Jennings Bryan , United States Secretary of State , 1913 to 1915 , Visited October 26, 1915 , "The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error.", Warren G. Harding , President of the United States , 1921 to 1923 , Visited November 2, 1916 , "Our most dangerous tendency is to expet too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.", Herbert Hoover , President of the United States , 1929 to 1933 , Visited October 28, 1932 , "Words without action are the assassins of Idealism.", Carl Sandburg , Poet , Visited October 29, 1935 , "Man will never arrive, man will be always on the way.", Robert Frost , Poet , Visited October 25, 1938 , "What we do in college is to get over our little-mindedness.", Robert A. Taft , United States Senator from Ohio , Visited June 11, 1950 , "Legislation is never the work of one man; it is the working out of conflicting ideas.", Eleanor Roosevelt , United States Representative to the United Nations , Visited April 26, 1954 , "She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.", Dag Hammarskjold , Secretary-General of the United Nations , 1953 to 1961 , Visited February 5, 1958 , "A man who had become what he could and was what he was ready at any moment to gather everything into one simple sacrifice.", John F. Kennedy , President of the United States , 1961 to 1963 , Visited September 18, 1959 , "With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love...", Ralph Bunche , United Nations Under Secretary , Visited November 13, 1959 , "The vision of a world in which all peoples will live together in peace and brotherhood may be far from realization, but it remains the noblest ideal of human existence.", Martin L. King, Jr. , Nobel Peace Laureate and Champion of Social Justice , Visited December 30, 1959 , "The drive for integration must not be defined as a struggle between whites and non-whites, but must be a fight between justice and injustice. The victory will be a victory for all of God's children.", Arnold Toynbee , Historian , Visited May 3, 1963 , "Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.", William O. Douglas , Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States , Visited May 7, 1963 , "The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehood is with truth.", John Glenn , First American to orbit the Earth , Visited February 17, 1964 , "I don't know the nature of God any more than anyone else. He'll be wherever we go.", Lyndon Baines Johnson , President of the United States , Visited May 7, 1964 , "Let your young hearts armed with new weapons join an old battle against ancient enemies; the enemies of poverty and disease, illiteracy and strife. ....with your courage and your compassion and your desire, we will build the Great Society.", Robert S. McNamara , Secretary of Defense , Visited June 6, 1965 , "It is not enough to be strong in military hardware. We must also be strong in heart, in body, and in spirit.", Dwight D. Eisenhower , President of the United States , 1953 to 1961 , Visited October 5, 1965 , "The destiny of the nation is as great in promise as its young people are great in character.", Dean Rusk , United States Secretary of State , Visited December 2, 1966 , "The organization of an enduring peace is the great imperative of our time.", Tom C. Clark , Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States , Visited January 4, 1967 , "The confidence of the people in the administration of justice is a prime requisite for free representative government.", James William Fulbright , United States Senator , 1945 - 1974 , Visited April 22, 1985, Jimmy Carter , Former President , [Visited] May 11, 1989 , "Ohio University has a special place in international affairs. Its students should be world citizens.",