Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man - for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs.

Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.

Washington, DC is 12 square miles bordered by reality.

There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws.

If I am to be shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet.

Whenever you hear a man prating about the Constitution, spot him as a traitor.

The enactment of the Homestead Act would create the strongest tie between the citizen and the Government-he would with cheerfulness contribute his proportionable part of the taxes to defray the expenses of the political system under which he lived.