Life is a problem; mortal man was made to solve the solemn problem right or wrong.

About one-half of the members of Congress are seekers for office at the nomination of the President. Of the remainder, at least one-half have some appointment or favor to ask for their relatives.

There is in the clergy of all Christian denominations a time-serving, cringing, subservient morality, as wide from the spirit of the gospel as it is from the intrepid assertion and vindication of truth.

Those who take oaths to politically powerful secret societies cannot be depended on for loyalty to a democratic republic.

I would much rather be found guilty of making a serious mistake in judgment, than to be accused of being even a little bit insincere.

Try and fail,but don't fail to try.

Find a mission that you can give yourself over to and then spend your days moving that mission forward. Man is made so that when anything fires his soul the impossibilities vanish. The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.