If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion.

What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

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.

Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.

War is the rule of force, and peace is the reign of law.

It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion