All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible.

Cortissoz was art critic of the New York Herald Tribune.

You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough.

In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well as congress is. But can he, in the nature [of] things, know the wants of the people, as well as three hundred other men, coming from all the various localities of the nation? If so, where is the propriety of having a congress?

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it.

We believe that the spreading out and perpetuity of the institution of slavery impairs the general welfare. We believe - nay, we know, that that is the only thing that has ever threatened the perpetuity of the Union itself.

Nations like individuals are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world.