If I am killed, I can die by once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.

It is easiest to "be all things to all men," but it is not honest. Self-respect must be sacrificed every hour in the day.

Whether you look for the good or look for the bad in a person, you'll find it." A. Lincoln

Again, a law may be both constitutional and expedient, and yet may be administered in an unjust and unfair way.

It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives.

Almost every thing, especially of governmental policy, is an inseparable compound of the two [good and evil].

A right result, at this time, will be worth more to the world, than ten times the men, and ten times the money.