I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse.

Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.

I would suggest the taxation of all property equally whether church or corporation.

Ah, you know my weaknesses--my children and my horses.

I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.