No true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

Can there be in our age any peace that is not honorable, any war that is not dishonorable?

The highest greatness, surviving time and stone, is that which proceeds from the soul of man. Monarchs and cabinets, generals and admirals, with the pomp of court and the circumstance of war, in the lapse of time disappear from sight; but the pioneers of truth, though poor and lowly, especially those whose example elevates human nature, and teaches the rights of man, so that "a government of the people, by the people, for the people, may not perish from the earth;" such a harbinger can never be forgotten, and their renown spreads co-extensive with the cause they served so well.

It's Christmas at Ground Zero The button has been pressed The radio Just let us know That this is not a test Everywhere the atom bombs are droppin It's the end of all humanity No more time for last minute shoppin' It's time to face your final destiny.

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

The slave power dares anything, and it can be conquered only by the united masses of the people. From Congress to the people, I appeal.

A nation cannot afford to do a mean thing.