Nine-tenths of the world is entertained by scandalous rumors, which are never dissected until they are dead and, when pricked, collapse like an empty bladder.
Horace GreeleyWhere Labor stands idle ... there is a demonstrated deficiency, not of Capital, but of brains.
Horace GreeleyThe darkest day in a man's career is that wherein he fancies there is some easier way of getting a dollar than by squarely earning it.
Horace GreeleyIf you have no family or friends to aid you . . . turn your face to the Great West and there build up your home and fortune.
Horace GreeleyWe should not care much whether those thus united (against slavery) were designated 'Whig,' 'Free Democrat' or something else; though we think some simple name like 'Republican' would more fitly designate those who had united to restore the Union to its true mission of champion and promulgator of Liberty rather than propagandist of slavery.
Horace Greeley