I cannot make it better known than it already is that I strongly favor colonization.

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

Certainly there is no contending against the Will of God; but still there is some difficulty in ascertaining, and applying it, to particular cases.

Nothing is more damaging to you than to do something that you believe is wrong.

We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom and our own error therein.

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started ... the fate of humanity is in his hands.