If we believe the Bible, we must accept the fact that, in the old days, God and his angels came to humans in their sleep and made themselves known in dreams.

The best way to get rid of your enemies is to make them your friends.

We trust, sir, that God is on our side. It is more important to know that we are on God's side.

I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.

The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them, when they are invaded.

The leading rule for a man of every calling is diligence; never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would, directly, or indirectly, interfere with their slaves, or with them, about their slaves? If they do, I wish to assure you, as once a friend, and still, I hope, not an enemy, that there is no cause for such fears.