The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

Talent without work is useless, thank God

Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.

There is not a single celebrated Southern name in any of the departments of human industry except those of war, assassination, lynching, murder, the duel, repudiation, & massacre.

If you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you could not have graduated with higher honor than you could to-day.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice -- and always has been.