Obeying instructions I should never dare to disregard, expressing, also, my own firm conviction, I rise in behalf of the State of New York to propose a nomination with which the country and the Republican party can grandly win. — Roscoe Conkling Copy Share Image
The election before us will be the Austerlitz of American politics. — Roscoe Conkling Copy Share Image
He will hew to the line of right, let the chips fly where they may. — Roscoe Conkling Copy Share Image
When Dr. Johnson defined patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, he ignored the enormous possibilities of the word reform. — Roscoe Conkling Copy Share Image
Obeying instructions I should never dare to disregard, expressing, also, my own firm conviction, I rise in behalf of the State of New York… — Roscoe Conkling Copy Share Image
Show me a better man. Name one and I am answered; but do not point, as a disqualification, to the very facts which make… — Roscoe Conkling Copy Share Image
Without bureaus, committees, officials or emissaries to manufacture sentiment in his favor, without intrigue or effort on his part, Grant is the candidate whose… — Roscoe Conkling Copy Share Image
