I would rather be right than be President.

The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity-unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual post…

Statistics are no substitute for judgment.

I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance... The Union, sir, is my …

The passion for seeking the truth for truth's sake...can be kept alive only if we continue to seek the truth for truth's sake.

Thou must be true thyself, If thou the truth wouldst teach; Thy soul must overflow, if thou Another's soul would'st reach! It needs the overflow of heart To gi…

You can't serve the public good without the truth as a bottom line.