Political Quotes

An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people, until he fancies himself commissioned by heaven to liberate them.

Public sentiment generally sustained the Administration in such action, but many persons, including conservative Republicans, frequently questioned the right or justice of such procedure.

But Tilden, conscious of the need of an anti-Tweed legislature, had surmised the Ring's plan as early as Tweed devised it, and he replied with firmness that everything beside the legislative ticket was of minor importance to him.

This reckless claim amazed his friends as much as it aroused his enemies, and he at once became the object of most cutting reproaches.