I walk slowly, but never backwards.

I wish to see, in process of disappearing, that only thing which ever could bring this nation to civil war.

What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?

Shall we stop this bleeding?

no man who is resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention, still less can he afford to take the consequences, including the vitiation of his temper and the loss of self control, yield to larger things to which you show no more than equal rights, and yield to lesser ones though clearly your own, better give your path to a dog, than be bitten by him in contesting for the right, not even killing the dog, will cure the bite

A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.