In this world of ours it is practically impossible to get success of any kind on a large scale without paying something for it.

Nevertheless the shadow of desperate war hung over the West.

The pioneers stood for an extreme Americanism, in social, political, and religious matters alike.

Our aim should be to strive to keep the reign of justice alive in this country so that we shall above all things avoid the chance of ever dividing on the lines that separate one class from another, one occupation from another.

Inability to look facts in the face did not alter the facts.

They had none of that feeling which makes slave-owners look upon manual labor as a badge of servitude.

Once roused, they have always been dangerous and hard-fighting foes; but they have been over-difficult to rouse.

We can forgive all this; but we should not forget it.

The children who will rise up to call their parents blessed are those whom the parents have trained to meet difficulties, not to shirk them; to overcome obstacles, not to get out of the way for them.

All the higher Appalachians should be reserved, either by the States or by the Nation.

The Race Grows because its Interests Happen to be Identical with those of the Individual.

They did not need to give proof of a courage they had shown time and again in bloody battles against the best troops of Europe.

The foremost statesmen of the Revolution were eminently practical politicians.

In its essence, and viewed from the standpoint of abstract morality, their attitude was that of the freebooter.

The real war, the war in which by far the greatest loss was suffered by both sides, was that thus waged man against man.

It is impossible to dwell without a shudder on the monstrous woe and misery of such a contest.

Nevertheless, it is the men actually on the borders of the longed-for ground, the men actually in contact with the savages, who in the end shape their own destinies.

Boone's creed in matters of morality and religion was as simple and straightforward as his own character.

You are showing in practical fashion your realization of the truth that there must be a foundation of material well-being in order that any community may make real and rapid progress.

The crime of brutal disregard of the rights of others is as much a crime when it manifests itself in the shape of greed and brutal arrogance on the one side, as when it manifests itself in the shape of envy and lawless violence on the…

Their preachers, all Presbyterians, followed close behind the first settlers, and shared their toil and dangers; they tilled their fields rifle in hand, and fought the Indians valorously.

They were relentless, revengeful, suspicious, knowing neither ruth nor pity; they were also upright, resolute, and fearless, loyal to their friends, and devoted to their country.

The nature of the wild Indian has not changed.

But the good sense and self-restraint of the average American citizen falsified these prophecies.

You colored men who show in business life both ability and a high order of integrity are real benefactors not only of your race but of the whole country.