This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it.

Liquor may have its defenders, but it has no defense.

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

I am in favor of a national bank...in favor of the internal improvements system and a high protective tariff.

If I am killed, I can die by once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

Killing the dog does not cure the bite.