_SIXTEENTH_
I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, if it be
the pleasure of Almighty God, to die by.
_SEVENTEENTH_
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in.
_EIGHTEENTH_
Give us a little more light, and a little less noise.
_NINETEENTH_
The wild lands of the country should be distributed so that every man
should have the means and opportunity of benefiting his condition.
_TWENTIETH_
I shall try to correct errors, when shown to be errors; and I shall
adopt new views, so fast as they shall appear to be true views.
_TWENTY-FIRST_
There is nothing like getting used to things.
_TWENTY-SECOND_
When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when
he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than
self-government--that is despotism.
_TWENTY-THIRD_
If they kill me, the next will be just as bad for them.
_TWENTY-FOURTH_
With Shakespeare the thought suffices.
_TWENTY-FIFTH_
As to the crazy folks--why, I must take my chances.
_TWENTY-SIXTH_
I think it more rare, if not more wise, for a public man to abstain
from much speaking.
_TWENTY-SEVENTH_
At any rate, I will keep my part of the bargain.
_TWENTY-EIGHTH_
The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of
them.
_TWENTY-NINTH_
When the time comes, I shall take the ground I think is right.
_THIRTIETH_
Let the thing be pressed.
_MAY_
_Two principles have stood face to face from the beginning of time and
will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of
humanity; the other is the divine right of kings._
_FIRST_
Revolutionize through the ballot box.
_SECOND_
Repeal all past history,--you still can not repeal human nature.
_THIRD_
Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as other
rights.
_FOURTH_
Teach men that what they can not take by an election, neither can they
take by war.
_FIFTH_