The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.

The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.

Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity. Democracy will rise superior to the money power.

Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap - let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in Primmers, spelling books, and in Almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice.

Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.

One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended.

In 1841 you and I had together a tedious low-water trip, on a Steam Boat from Louisville to St. Louis. You may remember, as I well do, that from Louisville to the mouth of the Ohio there were, on board, ten or a dozen slaves, shackled together with irons. That sight was a continual torment to me; and I see something like it every time I touch the Ohio, or any other slave-border.