In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party.

When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my life.

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.

It doesn't mater if you're a slow walker, so long as you don't walk backwards.

I was raised to farm work.

I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.

There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other.