It Is Easier To Find People Fit

It Is Easier To Find People Fit To Govern Themselves Than People Fit To Govern Others.

It Is Bad To Be Oppressed By A Minority, But It Is Worse To Be Oppressed By A Majority. For There Is A Reserve Of Latent Power In The Masses Which, If It Is Called Into Play, The Minority Can Seldom Resist. But From The Absolute Will Of An Entire People There Is No Appeal, No Redemption, No Refuge But Treason.

There Is Not A Soul Who Does Not Have To Beg Alms Of Another, Either A Smile, A Handshake, Or A Fond Eye.

I Saw In States' Rights The Only Availing Check Upon The Absolutism Of The Sovereign Will, And Secession Filled Me With Hope, Not As The Destruction But As The Redemption Of Democracy.... Therefore I Deemed That You Were Fighting The Battles Of Our Liberty, Our Progress, And Our Civilization, And I Mourn For The Stake Which Was Lost At Richmond More Deeply Than I Rejoice Over That Which Was Saved At Waterloo.

Property Is Not The Sacred Right. When A Rich Man Becomes Poor It Is A Misfortune, It Is Not A Moral Evil. When A Poor Man Becomes Destitute, It Is A Moral Evil, Teeming With Consequences And Injurious To Society And Morality.