Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that a just God, in his own good time, will give us the rightful result.

One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever.

On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.

A man watches his pear-tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.

No duty is more imperative for the government than the duty it ;owes the people to furnish them with a sound and uniform currency, an of regulating the circulation of the medium of exchange so that labor will be protected from a vicious currency [private bank-created, interest-bearing debt], and commerce will be facilitated by cheap and safe exchanges.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued.