Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.
Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.