I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens.

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.

Let there be no compromise on the question of extending slavery. If there be, all our labor is lost, and, ere long, must be done again.

A day spent helping no one but yourself is a day wasted.

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.

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