My Only Hope For The World Is

It Is Difficult To See Anything But Infatuation In The Destructive Temperament Which Leads To The Action ... That Each Of Us Is To Rejoice That Our Several Units Are To Be Distinguished At Death Into Countless Millions Of Organisms; For Such, It Seems, Is The Latest Revelation Delivered From The Fragile Tripod Of A Modern Delphi.

I Am Certain, From Experience, Of The Immense Advantage Of Strict Account-keeping In Early Life. It Is Just Like Learning The Grammar Then, Which When Once Learned Need Not Be Referred To Afterwards.

I Think That The Principle Of The Conservative Party Is Jealousy Of Liberty And Of The People, Only Qualified By Fear; But I Think The Principle Of The Liberal Party Is Trust In The People, Only Qualified By Prudence.

Selfishness Is The Greatest Curse Of The Human Race.

Letter To The Committee In Charge Of The Celebration Of The Centennial Of The American Constitution. I Have Always Regarded That Constitution As The Most Remarkable Work Known To Me In Modern Times To Have Been Produced By The Human Intellect, At A Single Stroke (so To Speak), In Its Application To Political Affairs.