Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

Tangible language, which often tells more falsehoods than truths.

Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity. Democracy will rise superior to the money power.

When I got him out he was near froze solid and shivering. He was shaking so hard that I wasted half a glass of whiskey trying to aim it for his mouth. Must have got enough of it into him, though, since it did seem to bring him back to life.

If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same.

Should my administration prove to be a very wicked one...or a very foolish one, if you, the people, are true to yourselves and the Constitution, there is little harm I can do, thank God.