The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

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.

Monuments may be builded to express the affection or pride of friends, or to display their wealth, but they are only valuable for the characters which they perpetuate.

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

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.

The separation of Church and State in everything relating to taxation should be absolute.

I love agitation and investigation and glory in defending unpopular truth against popular error.