Just able barely to mount a horse and ride about a little in the spring of 1866, my life was threatened daily, and I was forced to go heavily armed. The whole country was then full of militia, robbing, plundering and killing.
“There is nothing in the genius of America more precious today than the spirit of religious and political tolerance in its application to our own people.”
“Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.”