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.

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

The Union, in any event, won't be dissolved. We don't want to dissolve it, and if you attempt it, we won't let you.

Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

People have always been and will always be silly victims of deception and self-deception in politics, unless they learn to recognize the interests of certain classes behind any moral, religious, political, social phrases, statements, promises.