Politics is not an exact science.

Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.

The most significant event of the 20th century will be the fact that the North Americans speak English.

Better pointed bullets than pointed words.

The death of Lincoln was a disaster for Christendom. There was no man in the United States great enough to wear his boots and the bankers went anew to grab the riches. I fear that foreign bankers with their craftiness and tortuous tricks will entirely control the exuberant riches of America and use it to systematically corrupt civilization.

The nation that has the schools has the future.

I have often regretted what I have eaten, but never what I have drunk.