I Have No Sympathy For Those Who,

The Highest Condition Of The Religious Sentiment Is When. . . The Worshiper Not Only Sees God Everywhere, But Sees Nothing Which Is Not Full Of God.

It Is A Testament To The Strength And Purity Of The Democratic Sentiment In The Country, That The Republic Has Not Been Overthrown By Its Newspapers.

The Last Thing It [government] Ought To Do Is To Ground Its Proceedings On The Ignorance Of The People, - To Yield Them That Which They Will Hereafter Despise The Donors For Granting Them.

It Is Characteristic Of Genius To Be Hopeful And Aspiring. It Is Characteristic Of Genius To Break Up The Artificial Arrangements Of Conventionalism, And To View Mankind In True Perspective, In Their Gradations Of Inherent Rather Than Of Adventitious Worth. Genius Is Therefore Essentially Democratic, And Has Always Been So.

I Never Did A Right Thing Or Abstained From A Wrong One From Any Consideration Of Reward Or Punishment.