Measured by the standards of men of their time, [the Pilgrims] were the humble of the earth. Measured by later accomplishments, they were the mighty. In appearance weak and persecuted they came -- rejected, despised -- an insignificant band; in reality strong and independent, a mighty host of whom the world was not worthy destined to free mankind.

I am for economy. After that I am for more economy. At this time and under present conditions that is my conception of serving all the people.

Whenever I indulge my sense of humor, it gets me into trouble.

What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.

It is all the more necessary under a system of free government that the people should be enlightened, that they should be correctly informed, than it is under an absolute government that they should be ignorant. Under a republic the institutions of learning, while bound by the constitution and laws, are in no way subservient to the government.

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.

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.