I have always wanted to deal with everyone I meet candidly and honestly. If I have made any assertion not warranted by facts, and it is pointed out to me, I will withdraw it cheerfully.

Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence, I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.

I am slow to listen to criminations among friends, and never espouse their quarrels on either side. My sincere wish is that both sides will allow bygones to be bygones, and look to the present & future only.

I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.

The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.