Reduce the supply of black labor by colonizing the black laborer out of the country, and by precisely so much you increase the demand for and wages of white labor.

And upon this act [Emancipation Proclamation]...I invoke...the gracious favor of Almighty God.

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart.

you can't escape tomorrow's responsibilities by evading it today

Committee: A group which succeeds in getting something done only when it consists of three members, one of whom happens to be sick and another absent.

There is really no crisis except an artificial one...If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the trouble will come to an end.