In the first place, when there is a policy of intentional aggression, inspired by a desire to get possession of the territory or the trade of another country, right or wrong, a pretext is always sought.

It is only through the power of association that those of any calling exercise due influence in their communities.

War was forced upon mankind in his original civil and social condition.

About half the practice of a decent lawyer is telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should shut up.

The framers of the Constitution realized that . . . there needed to be some guardian of the sober second thought, and so they created the Senate to fulfill that high and vitally important duty.

Honest people, mistakenly believing in the justice of their cause, are led to support injustice.

Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot.