Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.

Freedom is the natural condition of the human race, in which the Almighty intended men to live. Those who fight the purpose of the Almighty will not succeed. They always have been, they always will be beaten.

The press has no better friend than I am, no one who is more ready to acknowledge . . . its tremendous power for both good and evil.

Nothing in this world is impossible to a willing heart.

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

The worst thing you can do for anyone you care about is anything that they can do on their own.

Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause.