The atonement of Jesus Christ is the only remedy and rest for my soul.

The atonement of Jesus Christ is the only remedy and rest for my soul.

If laws acting upon private interests can not always be avoided, they should be confined within the narrowest limits, and left wherever possible to the legislatures of the States.

I am more than ever convinced of the dangers to which the free and unbiased exercise of political opinion - the only sure foundation and safeguard of republican government - would be exposed by any further increase of the already overgrown influence of corporate authorities.

There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most honest and best of all powers - which will not tolerate an incompetent or unworthy man to hold in his weak or wicked hands the lives and fortunes of his fellow-citizens.

It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.

The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as well as to the general interests of the community at large.