December 30, 2025

The [American] President may slip without the state suffering, for his duties are limited. Congress may slip without the Union perishing, for above Congress there is the electoral body [he means the voters] which can change its spirit by changing its membership.

Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.

A man can look upon his life and accept it as good or evil; it is far, far harder for him to confess that it has been unimportant in the sum of things.