Such will be a great lesson of peace: teaching men that what they cannot take by an election, neither can they take it by war.

If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it.

I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down but I bite my lip and keep quiet.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible.

I ... ran for Legislature [in 1832] ... and was beaten-the only time I have been beaten by the people.

It may be affirmed, without extravagance, that the free institutions we enjoy, have developed the powers, and improved the condition, of our whole people, beyond any example in the world.