..remember that under our institutions there was no middle ground for the negro race between slavery and equal citizenship.

There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States.

It is not right or manly to lie even about Satan.

Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis.

In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the press, like the Church, counted its martyrs by thousands.

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.

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