'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one.
That cause was one of the worst for which men have ever fought..
It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
Logic invents as many fallacies as it detects; it is a good weapon, but as liable to be used in a bad as in a good cause.
There is no greater sign of a bad cause, than when the patrons of it are reduced to the necessity of making use of the most wicked artifices to support it.
Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.
On the face of it, it must be a bad cause which will not bear discussion. Truth seeks light instead of shunning it.
A bad cause seldom fails to betray itself.
