It is the first State in which I have been tendered a welcome within the capitol walls of the State, and I take it as an expression on your ...
But the next time I come to South Carolina I expect to dine with the ladies and the gentlemen.
I don't claim any credit for it, because a man who would not come to Columbia when he could, and enjoy such a festivity and welcome as this,...
I am not inspired to say much to-day, because I feel so much more than I can say.
Now we are letting them in to see the animals eat.
I count it a great privilege to come here, representing the Nation that you love so well.
That is one promise of the Administration that I have redeemed.
There are certain advantages in being the only speaker and there are certain disadvantages.
I am honored to-night by the presence of the Governor of your State and by that of your two Senators with all of whom, I am glad to say, I a...
I say good-bye now. I hope to come again as soon as I can
I thank you for your kindly welcome.
I think generally that if they see the man and come into a sort of personal touch, they are more sympathetic with him in his difficulties.
I am the last one to take a position against that old doctrine of the common law that there ought to be nothing to interfere with matrimony.
I shall be glad that I shall not have any property to leave to my boys, of whom I have two, but only a good character and a pride in themsel...
I know it is generally supposed that those who inherit wealth are in the best situation for a future happy life—I mean in this world—but I v...
I am not in favor of suffrage for women until I can be convinced that all the women desire it; and when they desire it I am in favor of givi...
I wish that every woman in the world was so situated that she did not think it was necessary for her to marry if she did not want to.
And now, my dear young ladies, I am delighted to have met you.
