"Our republican robe is soiled and trailed in the dust. Let us repurify it. Let us turn and wash it white, in the spirit, if not the blood, of the Revolution. Let us make our name of American, the kind…"

"I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot."

"The strongest bond of human sympathy, outside of the family relation, should be one uniting all working people, of all nations, and tongues, and kindreds."

"To believe in the things you can see and touch is no belief at all; but to believe in the unseen is a triumph and a blessing."

"A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterward."