To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.–Jefferson
When did the South ever lay its hand on the North?–Calhoun
. . . it remains true that the bulk of modern monopoly or quasi monopoly is not the result of always irresistible economic forces, but simply the result of leaving great bodies of wealth free to attack and destroy lesser units. . . . The big man swallows up the small.–Belloc
A dog in office is obeyed.–Shakespeare
We have enjoyed fine dreams; we have dreamed of unifying the world; we are unifying it—against us.–Robinson Jeffers
Slaveholders are the scapegoats for the failures of northern society. Slavery has served as a vent for fanaticism, communism, and morbid sentimentality, which, without this safety-valve, would have long since resulted in a social explosion.–Preston Brooks
A people separated from their history are easily persuaded.–Karl Marx
God is a Radical [Republican].–Henry Ward Beecher
Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed.–2 Timothy 2:15
The great majority of mankind is satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities.–Machiavelli
The joy of learning is as indispensible in study as breathing is in living.–Simone Weil
If only Longstreet had …–O.Henry
