Only a writer "with Bennett's craft and brass could manage to praise and insult his readers at the same time.

The author said Frederick Douglass described himself as a "graduate" of slavery with the marks of his diploma on his back.

Lincoln on a desire to hear Horace Greeley speak: "In print, every one of his words seems to weigh about a ton.

At times, said the founder of the Chicago Tribune, Lincoln seemed to reach into the clouds and take out the thunderbolts.

I have not done enough for effect." Horace Greeley

James Gordon Bennett said he aimed to be, "serious in my aims but full of frolic in my means.

Public sentiment is everything, said Lincoln. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

The mid-19th century was noted for a partisan, rather than a consensus press, but this partisanship was able to turn out voters consistently.

Superficial and emotional subject might sway undecided voters.

We need to know not only what is done but what is purposed and said by those who shape the destines of states and realms." Horace Greeley

Lincoln said his spiky hair had "a way of getting up in the world".

With great passion, observe every details of the sacred journey.

My parents and I didn't speak for 10 years. It took a long time to rebuild that relationship.

Hang Irish harpers wherever found.

I just want to be able to stand up straight for a little while before I get cut down.

Indeed, American companies make three times as much profits from their investment in one E.U. country, Ireland, than they do from all their investments in China.

To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.

Of what use to get what you want if you must become someone else to get it.

Speak up, speak often and don’t worry about those that at this point cannot understand as they can never un-hear what we tell them.

Age doesn't matter. An open mind does.

I never practice; I always play.