The only place in the world that nothing has to be explained to me is the South.

The greatest embarrassment of my political career has been that active duties seem to deprive me of time for careful investigation. I seem almost obliged to form conclusions from impressions instead of from study.... I wish that I had more knowledge, more thorough acquaintance, with the matters involved.

When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.

A right is worth fighting for only when it can be put into operation.

America is not a mere body of traders; it is a body of free men. Our greatness is built upon our freedom - is moral, not material. We have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.

I am one who fights without a knack of hoping confidentlysimply a Scotch-Irishman who will not be conquered.

I am not willing to be drawn further into the toils. I cannot accede to the acceptance of gifts upon terms which take the educational policy of the university out of the hands of the Trustees and Faculty and permit it to be determined by those who give money.