His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by oiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death.

I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays.

[Uniting workers should not] lead to a war upon property, or the owners of property.

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.

As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you.

Our strife pertains to ourselves-to the passing generations of men-and it can without convulsion be hushed forever with the passing of one generation.