I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.

Whether or not the world would be vastly benefited by a total banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks seems not now an open question. Three-fourths of mankind confess the affirmative with their tongues, and I believe all the rest acknowledge it in their hearts.

When met with a problem I always ask myself what is the right thing to do and then I do it.

I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.

When I go hear a man speak, I like to hear him speak like he's fighting a swarm of bees.

Capital has its proper place and is entitled to every protection. The wages of men should be recognized in the structure of and in the social order as more important than the wages of money [interest].

It is the quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws; but to break up both, and make new ones.