Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.

We can not overestimate the fervent love of liberty, the intelligent courage, and the sum of common sense with which our fathers made the great experiment of self-government.

The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

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

I would rather believe something and suffer for it, than to slide along into success without opinions.

I admitted, that the world had existed millions of years. I am astonished at the ignorance of the masses on these subjects. Hugh Miller has it right when he says that 'the battle of evidences must now be fought on the field of the natural sciences.'