Agitation prevents rebellion, keeps the peace, and secures progress. Every step she gains is gained forever. Muskets are the weapons of animals. Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government.

No class is safe unless government is so arranged that each class has in its hands the means of protecting itself. That is the idea of republics.

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.

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

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

God gives manhood but one clew to success,--utter and exact justice; that he guarantees shall be always expediency.