Perseverance and tact are the two most important qualities for the individual who wants to move ahead.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy.

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.

There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident.

I am the blank page between the Old and the New Testament.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.