If 600,000 people have to die in order for the nation to live, then 600,000 people will die.

I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man.

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy, is an inseparable compound of the two, so that our best judgment of the preponderance between them is continually demanded.

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

I believe the declaration that ‘all men are created equal’ is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest.

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

Honor is better than honors.