Right Reason Is Stronger Than Force.

The President Is The Last Person In The World To Know What The People Really Want And Think.

Of Course I Deprecate War, But If It Is Brought To My Door The Bringer Will Find Me At Home.

In My Judgment It Is The Duty Of Congress, While Respecting To The Uttermost The Conscientious Convictions And Religious Scruples Of Every Citizen, To Prohibit Within Its Jurisdiction All Criminal Practices ... Nor Can Any Ecclesiastical Organization Be Safely Permitted To Usurp In The Smallest Degree The Functions And Powers Of The National Government.

It Is Not Part Of The Functions Of The National Government To Find Employment For People - And If We Were To Appropriate A Hundred Millions For This Purpose, We Should Be Taxing Forty Millions Of People To Keep A Few Thousand Employed.

I Found A Kind Of Party Terrorism Pervading And Oppressing The Minds Of Our Best Men.