"When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken."

"The secret history of the late distress is a lesson to all modern statesmen. Rest assured that in politics, however tremendous the effects, the causes are often as trifling."

"Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men."

"TACT is the ability to tell someone to go hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip."

"The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance."