What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not...the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of our gallant and disciplined army...our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms...

You can always lie to others and hide your actions from them... but you can not fool yourself

Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity. Democracy will rise superior to the money power.

I am a little uneasy about the abolishment of slavery in this District of Columbia.

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.

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

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.