Whatever I May Believe In Theology, I

Liberty Is No Negation. It Is A Substantive, Tangible Reality.

It Would Convert The Treasury Of The United States Into A Manufactory Of Paper Money. It Makes The House Of Representatives And The Senate, Or The Caucus Of The Party Which Happens To Be In The Majority, The Absolute Dictator Of The Financial And Business Affairs Of This Country. This Scheme Surpasses All The Centralism And All The Caesarism That Were Ever Charged Upon The Republican Party In The Wildest Days Of The War Or In The Events Growing Out Of The War.

We Hold Reunions, Not For The Dead, For There Is Nothing In All The Earth That You And I Can Do For The Dead. They Are Past Our Help And Past Our Praise. We Can Add To Them No Glory, We Can Give To Them No Immortality. They Do Not Need Us, But Forever And Forever More We Need Them.

The Men Who Succeed Best In Public Life Are Those Who Take The Risk Of Standing By Their Own Convictions.

History Is Constantly Repeating Itself, Making Only Such Changes Of Programme As The Growth Of Nations And Centuries Requires.