Wise councils may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later the victory is sure to come

The presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses.

If this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle - I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than to surrender it.

A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers.

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right and not to fear to do or say what you believe to be right. That is the only way to deserve and to win the confidence of our great people in these days of trouble.