It must now atone in blood for its complicity in wickedness.

This is essentially a people's contest... whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men - to lift artificial weights from all shoulders - to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all - to afford all, an unfettered start and a fair chance, in the race of life.

The power of hope upon human exertion, and happiness, is wonderful.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.

You can't help the poor by being one of them.

I see a very dark cloud on America's horizon, and that cloud is coming from Rome.