I Had Rather Be Right Than Be

Of All The Properties Which Belong To Honorable Men, Not One Is So Highly Prized As That Of Character.

We Have Had Good And Bad Presidents, And It Is A Consoling Reflection That The American Nation Possesses Such Elements Of Prosperity That The Bad Presidents Cannot Destroy It, And Have Been Able To Do No More Than Slightly To Retard The Public's Advancement.

Precedents Deliberately Established By Wise Men Are Entitled To Great Weight. They Are Evidence Of Truth, But Only Evidence...but A Solitary Precedent...which Has Never Been Reexamined, Cannot Be Conclusive.

Peaceably If We Can, Forcibly If We Must.

In A Scheme Of Policy Which Is Devised For A Nation, We Should Not Limit Our Views To Its Operation During A Single Year, Or Even For A Short Term Of Years. We Should Look At Its Operation For A Considerable Time, And In War As Well As In Peace.