You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.

Sin is not taken out of man, as Eve was out of Adam, by putting him to sleep.

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.

Revolutions are not made: they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are laid far back.

Great political questions stir the deepest nature of one-half the nation, but they pass far above and over the heads of the other half.

The community which does not protect its humblest and most hated member in the free utterance of his opinions, no matter how false or hateful, is only a gang of slaves. If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.

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