When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my life.

The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts.

Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.

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

Most people are as happy as they want to be.

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

Now I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil.