James Russell Lowell

"There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. And in this case, also, the prudent will prepare themselves to encounter what…"

"Who speaks the truth stabs Falsehood to the heart."

"Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction."

"The capacity of indignation makes an essential part of the outfit of every honest man."

"Simple as it seems, it was a great discovery that the key of knowledge could turn both ways, that it could open, as well as lock, the door of power to the many."

"I hear America sometimes playfully accused of sending you all your storms, and am in the habit of parrying the charge by alleging that we are enabled to do this because, in virtue of our protective sy…"

"Both of them mean that Labor has no rights which Capital is bound to respect,—that there is no higher law than human interest and cupidity."

"An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run."