Status in English

I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.

The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

I don't know who my grandfather was, but I'm much more concerned to know who his grandson will be.

If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people.

You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

I'm a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.