The right of private judgment is absolute in every American citizen.

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

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

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

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.

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.

I would rather believe something and suffer for it, than to slide along into success without opinions.