Should my administration prove to be a very wicked one...or a very foolish one, if you, the people, are true to yourselves and the Constitution, there is little harm I can do, thank God.

The strength of a nation lies in the homes of its people.

Teach hope to all, despair to none.

Peace will come soon to stay, and so come as to be worth keeping in all future time. It will then have proved that among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet, and that they who take such appeal are sure their cases and pay the costs.

The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.

Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.