"The history of reform is always identical;..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A sleeping child gives me the impression of a traveler in a very far country.”

“The day is always his, who works in it with serenity and great aims.”

“No performance is worth loss of geniality. 'Tis a cruel price we pay for certain fancy goods called fine arts and philosophy.”

“Should [reformers] attempt more than the established habits of the people are ripe for, they may lose all and retard indefinitely the ultimate object of their aim.”

“Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.”

“If you always vote for the lesser of two evils, you will always have evil, and you will always have less.”

“It must be recognized that the real truths of history are hard to discover. Happily, for the most part, they are rather matters of curiosity than of real importance.”

“All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.”

“History doesn't mean dates and wars and textbooks to me; it means the unconquerable pioneer spirit of man.”