George F. Hoar

This he ascribed not simply to his legal ability, but largely to the confidence the people had in his integrity and moral character.

Judge Shaw then remarked that, sitting at nisi prius in different parts of the State, he had had an opportunity to compare the different lawyers who were distinguished for their success with juries, and that there was no man in the State…

I have no doubt of their truth, as they come from persons absolutely truthful and not superstitious or credulous themselves.

There is in existence a document manumitting his slave, which, I am happy to say, is the only existing evidence that any ancestor of mine ever owned one.

So, with a little alteration, the Greek epitaph of the woman who was the daughter, wife, sister and mother of princes, might apply to her, if, as I like to think, a first-rate American lawyer is entitled to as much respect as a petty Greek…

Whether that judgment shall stand we may know when the question is settled, which is to be answered in every generation, whether martyrdom be a failure.

That land was fairly drenched with blood and honeycombed with graves.

But Georgia defied the mandate of the Court, and it was never executed.

The Supreme Court of the United States declared the law of Georgia unconstitutional.

His death was caused by his exertions in resisting the removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia, a removal accomplished in violation of the Constitution and of public faith.

They insisted that they were performing a religious duty, and declared that they should disobey the law and take the consequences.

The law of the State made it a penal offence to teach a colored child to read.

And we might be as independent, flourishing and happy a colony as any in the British Dominions.

Whereas, if these things were reformed, the provisions and other commodities which we might have to export yearly, and which other governments are dependent upon us for, would procure us gold and silver abundantly sufficient for a medium…

His tenacity, the independence of his judgment, and his influence over the great men with whom he was associated, is shown by four striking instances among many others where he succeeded in impressing his opinion on his associates.

He was content to cause great things to be done for his country, and cared nothing for the pride and glory of having done them.

And I think the legacy was valued as highly by her who paid it as if it had been a costly gem or a work of art from an emperor's gallery.

The poorest people in the town, the paupers in the poorhouse, thought of her as a personal friend to whom they could turn for sympathy and help.

If she were in the company of a Queen, it would never have occurred to her that they did not meet as equals.

It recognized the dignity of the individual soul, without regard to the accident of birth or wealth or power or color of the skin.

My mother was the most perfect democrat, in the best sense of the word, that I ever knew.

They knew well the great secret of all statesmanship, that he that withstands the people on fit occasions is commonly the man who trusts them most and always in the end the man they trust most.

They have never been afraid to trust the people and they have never been afraid to withstand the people.

She has never asked of them obsequiousness, or flattery, or even obedience to her will, unless it had the approval of their own judgment and conscience.

They have given her always brave and honest service, brave and honest counsel.