I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind; and therefore ... I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number.

In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and in eternity.

Wrong is wrong only when you are at liberty to choose.

By unrighteousness man prospers, gains what appears desirable, conquer enemies, but perishes a the root.

There can be only one permanent revolution- a moral one: the regeneration of the inner man.

The moral sense perhaps affords the best and highest distinction between man and the lower animals.