New York [cannot] remain the center of commerce and capital for this continent, unless it has an independent bar and an honest judiciary.

- Samuel J. Tilden

It is said that it is far more difficult to hold and maintain leadership (liberty) than it is to attain it. Success is a ruthless competitor for it …

- Samuel J. Tilden

I was never a Republican, because those gentlemen, distinguished as they are, have only one real interest, and that is the making of special laws in …

- Samuel J. Tilden