The world is agreed that labor is the source from which human wants are mainly supplied. There is no dispute upon this point.

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy, is an inseparable compound of the two, so that our best judgment of the preponderance between them is continually demanded.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.

I was elected a Captain of Volunteers--a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since.

It is easiest to "be all things to all men," but it is not honest. Self-respect must be sacrificed every hour in the day.

Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.