"I have always been a strong advocate of the policy of 'a fair field and no favor.'"

"I believe in the cultivation of the wild."

"I have been a good deal of a pioneer in my life, and I have found that the only way to get on is to be a little bit ahead of the times."

"There are some things that are worse than war, and slavery is one of them."

"I believe that the white man is the only man who can make a success of this country."