As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?

Of all nations, those submit to civilization with the most difficulty which habitually live by the chase.

The will of the nation is one of those phrases most widely abused by schemers and tyrants of all ages.

The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage.

What is understood by republican government in the United States is the slow and quiet action of society upon itself.

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.

everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure