The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.

The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble.

I feel in the depths of my soul that it is the highest, most sacred, and most irreversible part of my obligation to preserve the union of these states, although it may cost me my...

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive...

I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives,...

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.

Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.

Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.

If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the...

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.