Public opinion in this country is everything.
If you have never failed you have never lived.
I hold that while a man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.
Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.
A man's legs must be long enough to reach the ground.
What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence?