There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other.

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.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

The power of hope upon human exertion, and happiness, is wonderful.

I am satisfied that when the Almighty wants me to do or not do any particular thing, He finds a way of letting me know it

If you wish to win a man over to your ideas, first make him your friend.

I am an optimist because I don't see the point in being anything else.