Quotes about Contests

The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong.

A politician, a man engaged in party contests, must be an opportunist. Let us give up saying that word as if it contained a slur. If you want to win in party action, I take it for granted that you want to lure the majority to your side. I never heard of any man in his senses who was fishing for a minority.

Take away the contests of the martyrs, and you have taken away their crowns.