The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

I do not deny the possibility that the people may err in an election; but if they do, the true cure is in the next election.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

All combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community.

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.

How can I accept the Order of the Garter, when the people of England have just given me the Order of the Boot?