The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.

I am very glad indeed to see you to-night, and yet I will not say I thank you for this call, but I do most sincerely thank Almighty God for the occasion on which you have called.

There is no greater injustice than to wring your profits from the sweat of another man's brow.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.

If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage.

You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.

On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.