Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
In careless ignorance they think it civilization, when in reality it is a portion of their slavery...To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false pretenses, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.