Universal suffrage is sound in principle. The radical element is right.

Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority.

The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest. The unscrupulous succeed best in accumulating wealth.

One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals.

To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.

I am less disposed to think of a West Point education as requisite for this business than I was at first. Good sense and energy are the qualities required.