I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.

No man has done everything he can who has done only his best.

It is not too soon to provide by every possible means that as few as possible shall be without a little portion of land. The small landholders are the most precious part of a state.

The doctrines of Jesus are simple and tend all to the happiness of man, that there is only one God and God is perfect. That God and man are one. That to love God with all your heart, and your neighbor as yourself, is the sum of religion. These are the great points on which I endeavor to reform and live my life.

I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment of pain.

The mass of the citizens is the safest depositary of their own rights.

I do not pretend that language is science. It isan instrument for the attainment of science.