Labor is the true standard of value.

The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous.

I affect no contempt for the high eminence he [Senator Stephen Douglas] has reached. So reached, that the oppressed of my species,might have shared with me in the elevation, I would rather stand on that eminence, than wear the richest crown that ever pressed a monarch's brow.

I was born and have ever remaind [sic] in the most humble walks of life.

The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hope of a righteous and speedy peace whose joyous expression can not be restrained. In the midst of this, however, He, from Whom all blessings flow, must not be forgotten. A call for a national thanksgiving is being prepared, and will be duly promulgated.

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards of men.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.