Let us renew our trust in god, and go forward without fear.

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.

Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out.

I think that God means that we shall do more than we have yet done in furtherance of his plans and he will open the way for our doing it.