It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, --else it is none

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold

The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth

He never sold the truth to serve the hour, nor paltered with Eternal God for power

The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands