To be as good as our fathers, we must be better. Imitation is not discipleship. When some one sent a cracked plate to China to have a set made, every piece in the new set had a crack in it.

It is easy to be independent when all behind you agree with you, but the difficulty comes when nine hundred and ninety-nine of your friends think you are wrong.

If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Politicians are like the bones of a horse's foreshoulder-not a straight one in it.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.