We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word many mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men's labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name - liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names - liberty and tyranny.

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

A lawyer's time and advice are his(her) stock in trade.

A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.

I see a very dark cloud on America's horizon, and that cloud is coming from Rome.

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.