"It is a revolution; a revolution of the most intense character; in which belief in the justice, prudence, and wisdom of secession is blended with the keenest sense of wrong and outrage, and it can no more be checked by human effort for the time than a prairie fire by a gardener’s watering pot."

"When I’m singing I embody a character and adopt a certain attitude. I think of a story and really try to ge…"

"Ultimately, the best guarantor of the rule of law is not the state and the branches which comprise it but t…"

"Sins against God's mercy will bring the greatest and sorest judgments upon men's heads and hearts. Mercy is…"

"Every human being is a child of God and has more good in him than evil — but circumstances and associates c…"

"I often pray, though I’m not really sure Anyone’s listening; and I phrase it carefully, just in case He’s l…"

"'There was only one cadet I ever really hated. Just one name I can think of,' The Boo said. 'That'll make a…"