The Condition Upon Which God Hath Given

Great Political Questions Stir The Deepest Nature Of One-half The Nation, But They Pass Far Above And Over The Heads Of The Other Half.

Do Not Take The Yardstick Of Your Ignorance To Measure What The Ancients Knew, And Call Everything Which You Do Not Know Lies. Do Not Call Things Untrue Because They Are Marvelous, But Give Them A Fair Consideration.

There Is A Very Broad Theory That Society Gets The Right To Hang, As The Individual Gets The Right To Defend Himself. Suppose She Does; There Are Certain Principles Which Limit This Right. Society Has Got The Murderer Within Four Walls; He Never Can Do Any More Harm. Has Society Any Need To Take That Man's Life To Protect Itself? If Any Society Has Only The Right That The Individual Has, She Has No Right To Inflict The Penalty Of Death, Because She Can Effectually Restrain The Individual From Ever Again Committing His Offence.

Many Men Know How To Flatter, Few Men Know How To Praise.

If There Is Anything In The Universe That Can't Stand Discussion, Let It Crack.