The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.

Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms.

I can make brigadier generals, but i can't make horses.

If any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly, those who desire it for others

My friends I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being, who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail.

We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued.

The struggle of today is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also.