These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.

There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.

I shall adopt new views as fast as they shall appear to be true views.

To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government.

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.

We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown.