Physical strength therefore is one of the first conditions of happiness and even of the existence of nations.

The regime which is destroyed by a revolution is almost always an improvement on its immediate predecessor, and experience teaches that the most critical moment for bad governments is the one which witnesses their first steps toward reform.

The prejudice of the race appears stronger in the States that have abolished slaves than in the States where slavery still exists. White carpenters, white bricklayers, and white painters will not work side by side with the blacks in the North but do it in almost every Southern State.

Socialism is a new form of slavery.

If an American was condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half of his existence.

One of the distinguishing characteristics of a democratic period is the taste that all men have for easy success and present enjoyment. This occurs in the pursuits of the intellect as well as in others.

To get the inestimable good that freedom of the press assures one must know how to submit to the inevitable evil it gives rise to.