"The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness." — Rutherford B. Hayes

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

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

Wars will remain while human nature remains. I believe in my soul in cooperation, in arbitration; but the soldier's occupation we cannot say is gone until human nature is gone.

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