He obtained from Congress the right to borrow from the people by selling to it the 'bonds' of States ... and the Government and the nation escaped the plots of the foreign financiers. They understood at once, that the United States would escape their grip. The death of Lincoln was resolved upon.

Our German forefathers had a very kind religion. They believed that, after death, they would meet again all the good dogs that had been their companions in life. I wish I could believe that too.

Politics is not a science...but an art.

Laws are like sausages. You sleep far better the less you know about how they are made.

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

He obtained from Congress the right to borrow from the people by selling to it the 'bonds' of States ... and the Government and the nation escaped the plots of the foreign financiers. They understood at once, that the United States would escape their grip. The death of Lincoln was resolved upon.

Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.