... no one who has not been an integral part of a slaveholding community, can have any idea of its abominations.... even were slav...ery no curse to its victims, the exercise of arbitrary power works such fearful ruin upon the hearts of slaveholders, that I should feel impelled to labor and pray for its overthrow with my last energies and latest breath.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Rev. J.D. Liddell: The Kingdom of God is not a democracy. The Lord never seeks re- election. There's no discussion. No deliberatio...n. No referenda as to which road to take. There's one right, one wrong. One absolute ruler. Sandy: A dictator, you mean. Rev. J.D. Liddell: Aye, but a benign, loving dictator.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When will the men do something besides extend congratulations? I would rather have President Roosevelt say one word to Congress in... favor of amending the Constitution to give women the suffrage than to praise me endlessly!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The policy of this country is a canal under American control. The United States cannot consent to the surrender of this control to... any European power.... The capital invested by corporations or citizens of other countries in such an enterprise must in a great degree look for protection to one or more of the great powers of the world. No European power can intervene for such protection without adopting measures on this continent which the United States would deem wholly inadmissible. If the protection of the United States is relied upon, The United States must exercise such control as will enable this country to protect its national interests.... An interoceanic canal across the American Isthmus ... would be the great ocean thoroughfare between our Atlantic and our Pacific shores, and virtually a part of the coastline of the United States. Our merely commercial interest in it is greater than that of all other countries, while its relations to our power and prosperity as a nation, to our means of defense, our unity, peace, and safety, are matters of paramount concern to the people of the United States.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to ta...ke a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. The millions who are in want will not stand idly by silently forever while the things to satisfy their needs are within easy reach.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »