Human-nature will not change.

Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.

The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. If not hindered, he is sure to help the enemy.

Everybody likes compliment.

I would like to speak in terms of praise due to the many brave officers and soldiers who have fought in the cause of the war.

Labor is the true standard of value.

There is a natural disgust in the minds of nearly all white people to the idea of indiscriminate amalgamation of the white and black races... A separation of the races is the only perfect preventive of amalgamation, but as an immediate separation is impossible, the next best thing is to keep them apart where they are not already together. If white and black people never get together in Kansas, they will never mix blood in Kansas...