No man can make a speech alone. It is the great human power that strikes up from a thousand minds that acts upon him, and makes the speech.

He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation.

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

The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other.

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

It is the high privilege and sacred duty of those now living to educate their successors and fit them, by intelligence and virtue, for the inheritance which awaits them.

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