I am a radical in thought (and principle) and a conservative in method (and conduct).

Busy replying to letters from divers office-seekers. They come by the dozens.

I would honor the man who give to his country a good newspaper.

The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.

Do not let your bachelor ways crystallize so that you can't soften them when you come to have a wife and a family of your own.

The gloomy theology of the orthodox--the Calvinists--I do not, I cannot believe. Many of the notions--nay, most of the notions--which orthodox people have of the divinity of the Bible, I disbelieve. I am so nearly infidel in all my views, that too, in spite of my wishes, that none but the most liberal doctrines can command my assent.

One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals.