Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

The press is the exclusive literature of the million; to them it is literature, church, and college.

Do not take the yardstick of your ignorance to measure what the ancients knew, and call everything which you do not know lies. Do not call things untrue because they are marvelous, but give them a fair consideration.

Will the slave fight? If any man asks you, tell him No. But if anyone asks you will a Negro fight, tell him Yes!

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.

Republics exist only on the tenure of being constantly agitated.... There is no republican road to safety but in constant distrust.