Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest foe.

May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands.

My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures have become clearer and stronger with advancing years, and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them.

The unpleasant events you are passing from will not have been profitless to you.

When I have a particular case in hand, I have that motive and feel an interest in the case, feel an interest in ferreting out the questions to the bottom, love to dig up the question by the roots and hold it up and dry it before the fires of the mind.

I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.