The nations of Europe constitute a federative league, a commonwealth of nations which, though it has no central head, is so intimate… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II Action Copy Share Image
It is a law woven into the nature of man, attested by history, by science, by literature and art, and by dally… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II Affairs Copy Share Image
I think it eminently proper that a president should retire from active politics, and equally proper that he should be able to… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II Copy Share Image
I cannot write a speech. The pen is an extinguisher upon my mind and a torture to my nerves. I am the… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II Copy Share Image
Liberty does not exist where rights are on one side and power on the other. To be liberty, rights must be armed… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II Copy Share Image
The center of all my enjoyments is the home wherein are my wife and children, and I have no wish to wander… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II Copy Share Image
I formed, in early life, two purposes to which I have inflexibly adhered, under some very strong pressure from warm personal friends.… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II Copy Share Image
The very first act of the Confederate Government was to send commissioners to Washington to make terms of peace, and to establish… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II Copy Share Image
When a nation has just emerged from the throes of a great civil warfare, where section was arrayed against section, class against… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II Acceptance Copy Share Image