Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one.

We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.

Grudge no expense - yield to no opposition - forget fatigue - till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome .

Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give utterance to the voice of outraged mercy, and insulted justice, and eternal truth, and mighty love and holy freedom.

In a republican land the power behind the throne is the power.

Confusion has seized us, and all things go wrong, The women have leaped from their spheres, And, instead of fixed stars, shoot as comets along, And are setting the world by the ears!

Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights

Don't drag the engine, like an ignoramus, but bring wood and water and flame, like an engineer.

We may draw good outof evil we must not do evil that good may come.

Grudge no expense-yield to no opposition-forget fatigue-till by the strength of prayer and sacrifice the spirit of love shall have overcome.

I never minded the random scribblings of other readers, found them interesting in fact. It is a truth universally acknowledged that people write the darndest things in the margins of their books.

We've finally given liberals a war against fundamentalism, and they don't want to fight it. They would, except it would put them on the same side as the United States.

She had come to letters late in her life, and though she had mastered them, they had never become her good friends.

If you want to breed something, breed bravehearts, not soulless racehorses.

When you're touring, you're constantly in motion.

I wasn't brought up to be dazzled by money or fame.

I was thinking about hitting races and stuff, but it's just, I think it's more of the era of when I was a kid and it just brings back memories. I gotta just chill and live in the past.

Between urine and filth we are born.

Sometimes in a restaurant you'll see a lady dressed very nice, she picks up a menu or something... a little fan is always a little bit nice.

I went to parochial grammar school, and I give thanks to the Catholic training because of course, they brought me to the heart of Jesus.