I am in favor of a national bank...in favor of the internal improvements system and a high protective tariff.

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy, is an inseparable compound of the two, so that our best judgment of the preponderance between them is continually demanded.

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards of men.

Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.

The president is the cube of ice one places in the pot of a houseplant, providing a steady amount of nourishment over the course of a hot day. A good description of the job and also a fantastic bit of practical household advice.

The Autocrat of all the Russias will resign his crown, and proclaim his subjects free republicans sooner than will our American masters voluntarily give up their slaves.

The Bible says somewhere that we are desperately selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible.