"These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor;..." - Quote by William Shakespeare

“Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot hold the bent.”

“I once did hold it, as our statists do,A baseness to write fair, and labour'd muchHow to forget that learning; but, sir, nowIt did me yeoman's service.”

“I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults.”

“Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today.”

“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country... corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.”

“It is awful hard to get people interested in corruption unless they can get some of it.”

“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.”

“To speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government. Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.”

“It is not the qualified voters, but the qualified voters who choose to vote, that constitute political power.”