When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt

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.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people

The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.