From The First I Saw No Chance

One By One I Have Seen Obstacles Removed, Errors Corrected, Prejudices Softened, Proscriptions Relinquished, And My People Advancing In All The Elements That Go To Make Up The Sum Of The General Welfare. And I Remember That God Reigns In Eternity, And That Whatever Delays, Whatever Disappointments And Discouragements May Come, Truth, Justice, Liberty And Humanity Will Ultimately Prevail.

You Have To Take Power. No One Gives It.

These Were Choice Documents To Me... They Gave Tongue To Interesting Thoughts Of My Own Soul, Which Had Frequently Flashed Through My Mind, And Died Away For Want Of Utterance.

Without Culture There Can Be No Growth; Without Exertion, No Acquisition; Without Friction, No Polish; Without Labor, No Knowledge; Without Action, No Progress; And Without Conflict, No Victory. The Man Who Lies Down A Fool At Night, Hoping That He Will Waken Wise In The Morning, Will Rise Up In The Morning As He Laid Down In The Evening.

The Simplest Truths Often Meet The Sternest Resistance And Are Slowest In Getting General Acceptance.