I have not permitted myself, gentlemen, to conclude that I am the best man in the country; but I am reminded, in this connection, of a story of an old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that "it was not best to swap horses when crossing streams."

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

The strength of a nation lies in the homes of its people.

The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them, when they are invaded.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.

By all means, don't say, "if I can," say "I will."

Your rights end where my nose begins.