To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.

Any reward that is worth having only comes to the industrious. The success which is made in any walk of life is measured almost exactly by the amount of hard work that is put into it.

A colored man is precisely as much entitled to submit his candidacy in a party primary, as is any other citizen. The decision must be made by the constituents to whom he offers himself, and by nobody else.

Well, farmers never have made money. I don't believe we can do much about it. But of course we will have to seem to be doing something; do the best we can and without much hope. The life of the farmer has its compensations but it has always been one of hardship.

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.