If you do not like him, let him alone. If God gave him little, that little let him enjoy.

Public opinion in this country is everything.

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice

In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions.

No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained

charity toward all.