I Would Rather Be Politically Dead Than

I Would Rather Be Beaten, And Be A Man, Than To Be Elected And Be A Little Puppy Dog.

Make Sure You're Right, Then Go Ahead.

Heaven Knows That I Have Done All That A Mortal Could Do, To Save The People, And The Failure Was Not My Fault, But The Fault Of Others.

I Know Not Whether, In The Eyes Of The World, A Brilliant Death Is Not Preferred To An Obscure Life Of Rectitude. Most Men Are Remembered As They Died, And Not As They Lived. We Gaze With Admiration Upon The Glories Of The Setting Sun, Yet Scarcely Bestow A Passing Glance Upon Its Noonday Splendor.

I Know Nothing, By Experience, Of Party Discipline. I Would Rather Be A Raccoon-dog, And Belong To A Negro In The Forest, Than To Belong To Any Party, Further Than To Do Justice To All, And To Promote The Interests Of My Country. The Time Will And Must Come, When Honesty Will Receive Its Reward, And When The People Of This Nation Will Be Brought To A Sense Of Their Duty, And Will Pause And Reflect How Much It Cost Us To Redeem Ourselves From The Government Of One Man.