Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object

We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.

Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

Behind the cloud the sun is still shining.

I hold that while a man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.