We can not have free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us.

It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol relate not to the use of a bad thing, but to the abuse of a good thing.

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

The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power.

If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.

The only security a man can ever have is the ability to do a job uncommonly well.

God can not be for, and against the same thing at the same time.