If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work.

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

I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration.

We believe that the spreading out and perpetuity of the institution of slavery impairs the general welfare. We believe - nay, we know, that that is the only thing that has ever threatened the perpetuity of the Union itself.

I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me.

I have always believed that a good laugh was good for both the mental and physical digestion.

There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other.