“From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.”
“I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.”
“No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.”
“The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come.”
“The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man.”
