New York, NY…Horace Greeley, February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872. American newspaper editor, publisher of New-York Tribune.

“Our country right or wrong is an evil motto – what if your country be in the wrong? It will only compound her injury. I wish to serve the republic with an honest and fearless criticism.”

“It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.”

“We are not one people. We are two peoples. We are a people for Freedom and a people for Slavery. Between the two, conflict is inevitable.”

“Great grief makes sacred those upon whom its hand is laid. Joy may elevate, ambition glorify, but sorrow alone can consecrate.”

“Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.”

“Go West, young man, go West. There is health in the country, and room away from our crowds of idlers and imbeciles.”

“Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.”

“The way we do things is to begin.”

“Common sense is very uncommon.”