Every citizen owes to the country a vigilant watch and close scrutiny of its public servants and a fair and reasonable estimate of their fidelity.

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.

Good ball players make good citizens.

I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid.

Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote.

It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.

Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again.