I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility from those of adverse principles.

A private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army. We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.

The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights

If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off.

I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world and do not find in our particular superstition [Christianity] one redeeming feature.

Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against these evils of misgovernment.

Coffee - the favorite drink of the civilized world.