God Reigns, And The Government At Washington

The Prosperity Which Now Prevails Is Without Parallel In Our History. Fruitful Seasons Have Done Much To Secure It, But They Have Not Done All. The Preservation Of The Public Credit And The Resumption Of Specie Payments, So Successfully Attained By The Administration Of My Predecessors, Have Enabled Our People To Secure The Blessings Which The Seasons Brought.

Now More Than Ever The People Are Responsible For The Character Of Their Congress. If That Body Be Ignorant, Reckless, And Corrupt, It Is Because The People Tolerate Ignorance, Recklessness, And Corruption. If It Be Intelligent, Brave, And Pure, It Is Because The People Demand These High Qualities To Represent Them In The National Legislature. . . . If The Next Centennial Does Not Find Us A Great Nation . . . It Will Be Because Those Who Represent The Enterprise, The Culture, And The Morality Of The Nation Do Not Aid In Controlling The Political Forces.

I Would Rather Believe Something And Suffer For It, Than To Slide Along Into Success Without Opinions.

My God! What Is There In This Place That A Man Should Ever Want To Get Into It?

Great Ideas Travel Slowly, And For A Time Noiselessly, As The Gods Whose Feet Were Shod With Wool.