To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government.

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.

The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.

A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.

In my entire life I have only met four "perfect" people... and I disliked them all.

Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you have lost the genius of your own independence and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises among you.