"I have known a good many people who have had their heads cut off, and I never knew one who didn't deserve it."

"The Radicals are a set of men who would pull down everything, and build up nothing."

"I am not a very religious man, in the common acceptation of the term."

"I have always been of the opinion that it is better to be happy than to be rich, and that it is better to be good than to be great."

"I don't believe in the perfectibility of the human race."