There are many persons of combative tendencies, who read for ammunition, and dig out of the Bible iron for balls. They read, and they find nitre and charcoal and sulphur for powder. They read, and they find cannon. They read, and they make portholes and embrasures. And if a man does not believe as they do, they look upon him as an enemy, and let fly the Bible at him to demolish him. So men turn the word of God into a vast arsenal, filled with all manner of weapons, offensive and defensive.

Man is that name of power which rises above them all, and gives to every one the right to be that which God meant he should be.

It is sometimes of God's mercy that men in the eager pursuit of worldly aggrandizement are baffled; for they are very like a train going down an inclined plane - putting on the brake is not pleasant, but it keeps the car on the track.

Most of the debts of Europe represent condensed drops of blood.

Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.

The word of God tends to make large-minded noble-minded men.

Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.