The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well.

Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.

The spirit of a government must be that of the country. The form of a government must come from the makeup of the country. Government is nothing but the balance of the natural elements of a country.

A selfish man is a thief.

Strength comes from waiting.

Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.

Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in that of men.