And whereas this House desires to obtain a full knowledge of all the facts which go to establish whether the particular spot of soil which the blood of our citizens was so shed was, or was not, our own soil.

I am for liberty of conscience in its noblest, broadest, and highest sense. But I cannot give liberty of conscience to the pope and his followers, the papists, so long as they tell me, through all their councils, theologians, and canon laws that their conscience orders them to burn my wife, strangle my children, and cut my throat when they find their opportunity.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except Negroes.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

It's bad. It's damned bad.

We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.