Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.

When the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope to be in a better temper to legislate.

True art is but the anti-type of nature; the embodiment of discovered beauty in utility.

Honesty is the best policy, says the familiar axiom; but people who are honest on that principle defraud no one but themselves.

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.

The people are responsible for the character of their Congress.

A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.