The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.

He who sees cruelty and does nothing about it is himself cruel.

I shall always think of myself first and foremost... as a hunter.

My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.

Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully.