Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace.

A nation cannot afford to do a mean thing.

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

I am without religious feeling.

There are two sorts of pity: one is a balm and the other a poison; the first is realized by our friends, the last by our enemies.

The thought of going abroad makes my heart leap.

Whatever may be the temporary applause of men, or the expressions of public opinion, it may be asserted without fear of contradiction, that no true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.