Go West, young man, go West. There is health in the country, and room away from our crowds of idlers and imbeciles. — Horace Greeley Copy Share Image
If any young man is about to commence the world, we say to him, publicly and privately, Go to the West — Horace Greeley Copy Share Image
Washington is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the… — Horace Greeley Copy Share Image
Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; riches take wings; the only earthly certainty is oblivion. — Horace Greeley Copy Share Image
Morality and religion are but words to him who fishes in gutters for the means of sustaining life, and crouches behind barrels in the… — Horace Greeley Copy Share Image
Answering a letter from a church asking what else they should try after having failed to raise enough money on bake sales, bazaars, suppers,… — Horace Greeley Copy Share Image
The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages. — Horace Greeley Copy Share Image
The Republic needed to be passed through chastening, purifying fires of adversity and suffering: so these came and did their work and the verdure… — Horace Greeley Copy Share Image
