Nations like individuals are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world.

...I do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world; but I do think that it is charged with the duty of preventing and redressing all wrongs which are wrongs to itself.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

As the chief speaker at the dedication of the national cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield, statesman Edward Everett wrote to Lincoln: I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes.

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.

One company can serve some of your needs all of the time, or all of your needs some of the time, but never both.

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