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

Commerce links all mankind in one common brotherhood of mutual dependence and interests.

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.

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.

The people are responsible for the character of their Congress.

I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.

I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.