“No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office.”

“The progress of society is mainly the improvement in the condition of the workingmen of the world.”

“Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise.”

“Law without education is a dead letter. With education the needed law follows without effort and, of course, with power to execute itself; indeed, it seems to execute itself.”

“Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority.”

“It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear.”

“No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office.”

“Conscience is the authentic voice of God to you.”

“The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.”

“Do not let your bachelor ways crystallize so that you can't soften them when you come to have a wife and a family of your own.”

“The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness.”