All that serves labor serves the Nation. All ^ that harms labor is treason to America. No line can be drawn between these two. If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool. There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other.

Always remember: Life is for enjoying.

I was elected a Captain of Volunteers--a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since.

This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave.

I am busily engaged in study of the Bible.

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

I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races: that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people.