Occupation: 20th U.S. President Birth: November 19, 1831 Death: September 19, 1881
A law is not a law without coercion behind it..
I must do something to keep my thoughts fresh and growing. I dread nothing so much as falling into a rut and feeling myself becoming a fossil..
Monuments may be builded to express the affection or pride of friends, or to display their wealth, but they are only valuable for the characters whic….
If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old..
Suicide is not a remedy.
In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the press, like the Church, counted its martyrs by thousands..
I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else..
Whoever controls the volume of money in our country is absolute master of all industry and commerce...when you realize that the entire system is very….
Whatever I may believe in theology, I do not believe in the doctrine of vicarious atonement in politics..
The right of private judgment is absolute in every American citizen..
A noble life crowned with heroic death, rises above and outlives the pride and pomp and glory of the mightiest empire of the earth..
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck..
I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike..
Power exhibits itself under two distinct forms,--strength and force,--each possessing peculiar qualities, and each perfect in its own sphere. Strengt….
History is constantly repeating itself, making only such changes of programme as the growth of nations and centuries requires..
Statistical science is indispensable to modern statesmanship. In legislation as in physical science it is beginning to be understood that we can cont….
I love agitation and investigation and glory in defending unpopular truth against popular error..
The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other..
You and I are now nearly in middle age, and have not yet become soured and shrivelled with the wear and tear of life. Let us pray to be delivered fro….
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people..
For mere vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge. But for security of the future I would do every thing..