We need to know not only what is done but what is purposed and said by those who shape the destines of states and realms." Horace Greeley

The author said Frederick Douglass described himself as a "graduate" of slavery with the marks of his diploma on his back.

Only a writer "with Bennett's craft and brass could manage to praise and insult his readers at the same time.

Lincoln on a desire to hear Horace Greeley speak: "In print, every one of his words seems to weigh about a ton.

At times, said the founder of the Chicago Tribune, Lincoln seemed to reach into the clouds and take out the thunderbolts.

I have not done enough for effect." Horace Greeley

James Gordon Bennett said he aimed to be, "serious in my aims but full of frolic in my means.

Public sentiment is everything, said Lincoln. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

The mid-19th century was noted for a partisan, rather than a consensus press, but this partisanship was able to turn out voters consistently.

Superficial and emotional subject might sway undecided voters.

Lincoln said his spiky hair had "a way of getting up in the world".

If things are really overwhelming and you need to talk, you can give me a call at 347-273-2044.

The tragedy of sin reached its crescendo when God in Christ became sin . . .He was offering Himself as the sacrifice required by the justice of God if man was to be redeemed.

People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

Prayer sweeps the battlefield, slays the enemy, and buries the bones.

Even if I know that really it's not a great song, even if it's a naff song but I have a good memory of it, then to me that's a great song.

...Men fear what they themselves have imagined.

Nothing comes out more clearly in astronomical observations than the immense activity of the universe.

Was man made for science, or was science made for man?

I just saw Twilight on TV, for the first time, a few days ago, and, when my song came on, I was just thinking that is so bazaar that I actually had a song in the movie.