John James Ingalls

There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.

— John James Ingalls

Ad astra per aspera. Translated: "to the stars through difficulties".

— John James Ingalls

Pennsylvania, the state that has produced two great men: Benjamin Franklin of Massachusetts, and Albert Gallatin of Switzerland.

— John James Ingalls

In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the…

— John James Ingalls

I knock unbidden once at every gate-- If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before I turn away--it is the hour of fate, And…

— John James Ingalls

Every man is the center of a circle, whose fatal circumference he can not pass.

— John James Ingalls

I answer not, and I return no more.

— John James Ingalls

Grass is the forgiveness of nature - her constant benediction. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal...Its tenacious fibers…

— John James Ingalls

I think some orator commenting upon that fate said that though the winds of heaven might whistle around an Englishman's cottage, the…

— John James Ingalls

Grass is the forgiveness of nature-her constant benediction. Fields trampled with battle, saturated with blood, torn with the ruts of cannon, grow…

— John James Ingalls

The purification of politics is an iridescent dream.

— John James Ingalls

Delaware: a state that has three counties when the tide is out, and two when it is in.

— John James Ingalls

The golden rule has no place in a political campaign.

— John James Ingalls