Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.