I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object

There is an important sense in which government is distinctive from administration. One is perpetual, the other is temporary and changeable. A man may be loyal to his government and yet oppose the particular principles and methods of administration.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.

Lincoln called laughter "the joyous, beautiful, universal evergreen of life."

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