I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

The land-grant university system is being built on behalf of the people, who have invested in these public universities their hopes, their support, and their confidence.

Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior ofcapital, and deserves muchthe higher consideration.

I could as easily bail out the Potomac River with a teaspoon as attend to all the details of the army.

I would rather be assassinated than see a single star removed from the American flag.