The oppression of a majority is detestable and odious; the oppression of a minority is only by one degree less detestable and odious.

If Germany is to become a colonizing power, all I say is, God speed her! She becomes our ally and partner in the execution of the great purposes of Providence for the advantage of mankind.

It is difficult to see anything but infatuation in the destructive temperament which leads to the action ... that each of us is to rejoice that our several units are to be distinguished at death into countless millions of organisms; for such, it seems, is the latest revelation delivered from the fragile tripod of a modern Delphi.

It is no use for the honorable member to shake his head in the teeth of his own words.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington

Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome.