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.

Without a name, perhaps without a reason why I should have a name, there has fallen upon me a task such as did not rest even upon the Father of his country.

The main thing that I hate the most is ignorance, like the prejudice problems of America. I know it is worse in some other countries. But I wish I could borrow, like from Venezuela or Trinidad, the real love of color-blind people and bring it to America.

Right now, America is in a state of upheaval. Poverty is demoralizing. You can't expect people to have the virtue of purity when they are poor. But we've got this guy there now who is redefining what a politician is, so we'll have to see how things play out. Am I hopeful? Yes, I'm hopeful that things might change. Some things are going to have to.

I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear arms, (by no means excluding females.)

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.