Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.

The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a comtempt for mere external show

Talleyrand once said to the first Napoleon that the United States is a giant without bones. Since that time our gristle has been rapidly hardening.

Of course I deprecate war, but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home.

Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption.

Coercion is the basis of every law in the universe,--human or divine. A law is not law without coercion behind it.