Fate loves the fearless.
Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many.
Borrowed garments never keep one warm.
All free governments, whatever their name, are in reality governments by public opinion ; and it is on the quality of this public opinion that their prosperity depends. It is, therefore, their first duty to purify the element from which they draw the breath of life.
That pernicious sentiment, "Our country, right or wrong."
The story of any one man's real experience finds its startling parallel in that of every one of us.