I am not a very sentimental man; and the best sentiment I can think of is, that if you collect the signatures of all persons who are no less distinguished than I, you will have a very undistinguishing mass of names.

We will make converts day by day; we will grow strong by the violence and injustice of our adversaries. And, unless truth be a mockery and justice a hollow lie, we will be in the majority after a while.

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

He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.

I have never united myself to any church because I found difficulty in giving my assent without mental reservation to the long, complicated statements of Christian doctrine which characterize the articles of belief and the usual confession of faith.

When you have got a ticket to send, and you're not a top costumer, it's best not to waste your time.

You have more of a feeling of personal resentment than I have. Perhaps, I have too little of it, but I never thought it paid.