Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.

If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing on an average one hundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair, and grey eyes -- no other marks or brands recollected.

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

if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading

We can not have free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us.

I don't s'pose anybody on earth likes gingerbread better'n I do-and gets less'n I do.

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision.