If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time.

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

The very spot where grew the bread that formed my bones, I see. How strange, old field, on thee to tread, and feel I'm part of thee.

And whereas this House desires to obtain a full knowledge of all the facts which go to establish whether the particular spot of soil which the blood of our citizens was so shed was, or was not, our own soil.

I have never united myself to any church because I found difficulty in giving my assent without mental reservation to the long, complicated statements of Christian doctrine which characterize the articles of belief and the usual confession of faith.

Don't be fooled. I kept all my workout clothes in that top hat.

That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.