The 54+ Horace Greeley Quotes

Where Labor Stands Idle ... There Is A Demonstrated Deficiency, Not Of Capital, But Of Brains.

If Any Young Man Is About To Commence The World, We Say To Him, Publicly And Privately, Go To The West

Relaxation Is A Physical And Moral Necessity. Animals, Even To The Simplest And Dullest, Have Their Games, Their Sports, Their Diversions. The Toil-worn Artisan, Stooping And Straining Over His Daily Task, Which Taxes Eye And Brain And Limb, Ought To Have Opportunity And Means For An Hour Or Two Of Relaxation After That Task Is Concluded.

Ease Up, The Play Is Over.

Do Not Lounge In The Cities! There Is Room & Health In The Country, Away From The Crowds Of Idlers & Imbeciles. Go West, Before You Are Fitted For No Life But That Of The Factory.

Printer's Ink Is The Great Apostle Of Progress, Whose Pulpit Is The Press.

There Is No Bigotry Like That Of "free Thought" Run To Seed.

You May Be Witty, But Not Satirical.

Great Grief Makes Sacred Those Upon Whom Its Hand Is Laid. Joy May Elevate, Ambition Glorify, But Sorrow Alone Can Consecrate.

If You Have No Family Or Friends To Aid You . . . Turn Your Face To The Great West And There Build Up Your Home And Fortune.

Morality And Religion Are But Words To Him Who Fishes In Gutters For The Means Of Sustaining Life, And Crouches Behind Barrels In The Street For Shelter From The Cutting Blasts Of A Winter Night.

Mr. Lincoln Is Already Defeated. He Cannot Be Re-elected.