We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Whether or not the world would be vastly benefited by a total banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks seems not now an open question. Three-fourths of mankind confess the affirmative with their tongues, and I believe all the rest acknowledge it in their hearts.

Almost every thing, especially of governmental policy, is an inseparable compound of the two [good and evil].

It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion.

I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.

Our republican system was meant for a homogeneous people. As long as blacks continue to live with the whites they constitute a threat to the national life. Family life may also collapse and the increase of mixed breed bastards may some day challenge the supremacy of the white man.

Prosperity is the fruit of labor. It begins with saving money.