I would not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with great respect of the past.

The fewer the desires, the more peace.

To be free is not necessarily to be wise. Wisdom comes with counsel, with the frank and free conference of untrammeled men united in the common interest.

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

For my part, I am very much more afraid of the man who does a bad thing and does not know it is bad than of the man who does a bad thing and knows it is bad; because I think that in public affairs stupidity is more dangerous than knavery, because harder to fight and dislodge.

Not all change is progress.

As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.