My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a resolution, requested the President to designate and set apart a day for National prayer and humiliation.

I am for the people of the whole nation doing just as they please in all matters which concern the whole nation; for that of each part doing just as they choose in all matters which concern no other part; and for each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else.

As labor is the common burden of our race, so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race.

If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature.

We must work earnestly in the best light He gives us.

I belive that people should fight for what they believe and only what they believe.