It is but the littleness of man that seeth no greatness in trifles.

Neither do I acknowledge the right of Plymouth to the whole rock. No, the rock underlies all America: it only crops out here.

The heart is the best logician.

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

Our agitation, you know, helps keep yours alive in the rank and file.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.