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

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

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.

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

Liberty is no negation. It is a substantive, tangible reality.

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.

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.