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

Whatever I may believe in theology, I do not believe in the doctrine of vicarious atonement in politics.

Wherever a ship ploughs the sea, or a plough furrows the field; wherever a mine yields its treasure; wherever a ship or a railroad train carries freight to market; wherever the smoke of the furnace rises, or the clang of the loom resounds; even in the lonely garret where the seamstress plies her busy needle--there is industry.

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

In the minds of most men, the kingdom of opinion is divided into three territories,--the territory of yes, the territory of no, and a broad, unexplored middle ground of doubt.

Heroes did not make our liberties; they but reflected and illustrated them.

There are times in the history of men and nations, when they stand so near the vale that separates mortals from the immortals, time from eternity, and men from their God, that they can almost hear the beatings, and feel the pulsations of the heart of the Infinite.