We shall fight for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.

As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur.

The profession I chose was politics; the profession I entered was law. I entered the one because I thought it would lead to the other.

When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.

I used to be a lawyer, but now I am a reformed character.

I am not one of those who have the least anxiety about the triumph of the principles I have stood for. I have seen fools resist Providence before, and I have seen their destruction, as will come upon these again, utter destruction and contempt. That we shall prevail is as sure as that God reigns.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.