The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.

The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg.

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time."

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of...

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.