Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damages morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hung

I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it.

Free labor has the inspiration of hope; pure slavery has no hope.

The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions.

I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me.

Killing the dog does not cure the bite.