The hand entrusted with power becomes, either from human depravity or esprit de corps, the necessary enemy of the people
It is but the littleness of man that seeth no greatness in trifles.
Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.
We measure genius by quality, not by quantity.
If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.
We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.