There is not one redeeming feature in our superstition of Christianity. It has made one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites.

We are completely saddled and bridled, and... the bank is so firmly mounted on us that we must go where it will guide.

I wish to see this beverage become common instead of the whiskey which kills sone-third of our citizens and ruins their families.

My principles, and those always received by the republicans, do not admit to removing any person from office merely for a difference of political opinion. Malversations in office, and the exerting of official influence to control the freedom of election are good causes for removal.

An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight. It is therefore imperative that the nation see to it that a suitable education be provided for all its citizens.

He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.

In matters of principle, stand like a rock.