Temporize not! It is always injurious.

The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.

In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any more intrinsic right to official station than another.

Finally, it is my most fervent prayer to that Almighty Being before whom I now stand, and who has kept us in His hands from the infancy of our Republic to the present day, that He will so overrule all my intentions and actions and inspire the hearts of my fellow-citizens that we may be preserved from dangers of all kinds and continue forever a united and happy people.

The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.

The hydra of corruption is only scotched, not dead. An investigation kills and it and its supporters dead. Let this be had.

Every man is equally entitled to protection by law. But when the laws undertake to add... artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges—to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful— the humble members of society—the farmers, mechanics, and laborers, who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government.