I believe each individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruit of his labor, so far as it in no wise interferes with any other mans rightsthat each community, as a State, has a right to do exactly as it pleases with all the concerns within that State that interfere with the right of no other State, and that the general government, upon principle, has no right to interfere with anything other than that general class of things that does concern the whole.

A lawyer's time and advice are his(her) stock in trade.

Slavery is wrong. If Slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and Constitutions against it, are themselves wrong, and should be silenced, and swept away.

I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace.

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.

Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.

Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.