Charles Sumner: “Now the Constitution declares that a majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business.”

They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.

I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.

Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.

As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.