Talk to the jury as though your client's fate depends on every word you utter.
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it.
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
the better angels of our nature
I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.
And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God ... and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.