A universal feeling, whether well or ill founded, cannot be safely disregarded.

When I go hear a man speak, I like to hear him speak like he's fighting a swarm of bees.

I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men.

The President responded very impressively, saying that he was deeply sensible of his need of Divine assistance. He had sometime thought that perhaps he might be an instrument in God's hands of accomplishing a great work and he certainly was not unwilling to be. Perhaps, however, God's way of accomplishing the end which the memorialists have in view may be different from theirs.

I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.

Always let your subordinates know that the honor will be all theirs if they succeed and the blame will be yours if they fail.

I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife. My understanding is that I can just let her alone.