Statistics Are No Substitute For Judgment.

I Had Rather Be Right Than Be President.

In A Scheme Of Policy Which Is Devised For A Nation, We Should Not Limit Our Views To Its Operation During A Single Year, Or Even For A Short Term Of Years. We Should Look At Its Operation For A Considerable Time, And In War As Well As In Peace.

In All Cases Where Incidental Powers Are Acted Upon, The Principal And Incidental Ought To Be Congenial With Each Other, And Partake Of A Common Nature. The Incidental Power Ought To Be Strictly Subordinate And Limited To The End Proposed To Be Obtained By The Specified Power. In Other Words, Under The Name Of Accomplishing One Object Which Is Specified, The Power Implied Ought Not To Be Made To Embrace Other Objects, Which Are Not Specified In The Constitution.

The Measure Of The Wealth Of A Nation Is Indicated By The Measure Of Its Protection Of Its Industry; The Measure Of The Poverty Of A Nation Is Marked By The Degree In Which It Neglects And Abandons The Care Of Its Own Industry, Leaving It Exposed To The Action Of Foreign Powers.

Let Him Who Elevates Himself Above Humanity . . . Say, If He Pleases, "i Will Never Compromise"; But Let No One Who Is Not Above The Frailties Of Our Common Nature Disdain Compromise.