Never do anything for anyone who can just as well do it themself

Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is save one.

As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except Negroes.

The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous.

Well, I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.

No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.

And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.