The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.
Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.
I would rather be right than President.
Statistics are no substitute for judgment.
An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.
Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.
