Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrepect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

Without slavery the rebellion could never have existed; without slavery it could not continue.

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.

I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."

I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.