The Civilization Of Any Country May Always

In The First Place, The Government Ought Not To Be Invested With Power To Control The Affections, Any More Than The Consciences Of Citizens. A Man Has At Least As Good A Right To Choose His Wife, As He Has To Choose His Religion. His Taste May Not Suit His Neighbors; But So Long As His Deportment Is Correct, They Have No Right To Interfere With His Concerns.

Work! Work! That Is My Unfailing Cure For All Troubles.

I Think We Have Reason To Thank God For Abraham Lincoln. With All His Deficiencies, It Must Be Admitted That He Has Grown Continually.

All Who Strive To Live For Something Beyond Mere Selfish Aims Find Their Capacities For Doing Good Very Inadequate To Their Aspirations. They Do So Much Less Than They Want To Do, And So Much Less Than They, At The Outset, Expected To Do, That Their Lives, Viewed Retrospectively, Inevitably Look Like Failure.

Not In Vain Is Ireland Pouring Itself All Over The Earth. The Irish, With Their Glowing Hearts And Reverent Credulity, Are Needed In This Cold Age Of Intellect And Skepticism.