I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that his hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me - and I think He has - I believe I am ready.

All I have learned, I learned from books.

It has been said that one bad general is better than two good ones, and the saying is true if taken to mean no more than that an army is better directed by a single mind, though inferior, than by two superior ones at variance and cross-purposes with each other.

The land-grant university system is being built on behalf of the people, who have invested in these public universities their hopes, their support, and their confidence.

That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

Why don't I drink from a straw? Because straws are for suckers.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.