What I do say is, that no man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent. I say this is the leading principle - the sheet anchor of American republicanism.

The worst thing you can do for anyone you care about is anything that they can do on their own.

To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government.

I will learn, the opportunity will come.

Reduce the supply of black labor by colonizing the black laborer out of the country, and by precisely so much you increase the demand for and wages of white labor.

The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of government, but it is the government's greatest creative opportunity.

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