Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; riches take wings; the only earthly certainty is oblivion. Horace Greeley More Quotes by Horace Greeley More Quotes From Horace Greeley Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character. Horace Greeley wisdomwingscharacter It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom. Horace Greeley biblicalreadingbible Go West, young man, go West. There is health in the country, and room away from our crowds of idlers and imbeciles. Horace Greeley idlersmencountry 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. Horace Greeley wartwopeople The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it. Horace Greeley moneyinspirationallife While boasting of our noble deeds we're careful to conceal the ugly fact that by an iniquitous money system we have nationalized a system of oppression which, though more refined, is not less cruel than the old system of chattel slavery. Horace Greeley libertyhistoricalbankers Common sense is very uncommon. Horace Greeley uncommoncommon-sensecommon Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character. Horace Greeley cheerwisdomcharacter 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. Horace Greeley fearlessevilcountry I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample underfoot. Horace Greeley rightsfeetmen Ah! if the pulpit would practice what it preaches, then all would be well. Horace Greeley pulpitpracticewould-be While the Right of Suffrage is conceded to thousands notoriously ignorant, vicious, and drunken, ... a Constitutional denial to Black men, as such, of Political Rights freely secured to White men, is monstrously unjust and irrational. Horace Greeley white-manrightsmen The best use of a journal is to print the largest practical amount of important truth: truth which tends to make mankind wiser, and thus happier. Horace Greeley mankindimportantuse If, on a full and final review, my life and practice shall be found unworthy of my principles, let due infamy be heaped on my memory; but let none be led thereby to distrust the principles to which I proved recreant, nor yet the ability of some to adorn them by a suitable life and conversation. To unerring time be all this committed. Horace Greeley principlespracticememories Journalism kills you, but it keeps you alive as long as you're doing it. Horace Greeley journalismalivelong Answering a letter from a church asking what else they should try after having failed to raise enough money on bake sales, bazaars, suppers, etc. Why not try religion? Horace Greeley churchtryingreligion Bigotry is chronic dogmatism. Horace Greeley bigotrydogmatism Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country. Horace Greeley growing-upmencountry There is no doctrine of Christianity but what has been anticipated by the Vedas. Horace Greeley vedasdoctrineatheism The Republic needed to be passed through chastening, purifying fires of adversity and suffering: so these came and did their work and the verdure of a new national life springs greenly, luxuriantly, from their ashes. Horace Greeley adversityfirespring
