"I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards."

"I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. "

"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits that strict justice. "

"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves."

"Whatever you are, be a good one. "

"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. "

"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. "

"I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. "

"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? "

"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. "

"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong. "

"If I were two faced, would I be wearing this one? "

"I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number. "

"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just. "

"It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong. "

"Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people."

"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. "

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. "

"Corporations have been enthroned. An era of corruption in high places will follow and the money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people...until wealth is aggregated in a few hands...and the Republic is destroyed. "

"Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. "