There is really no crisis except an artificial one...If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the trouble will come to an end.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

I could not sleep when I got on the hunt for an idea, until I had caught it. This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck with me.

Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.

I destroy my enemy if I make him my friend.

If I am killed, I can die by once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.

Now, and ever, I shall do all in my power for peace, consistently with the maintenance of government.