I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.

There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite.

But, slavery is good for some people! ! ! As a good thing, slavery is strikingly peculiar, in this, that it is the only good thing which no man ever seeks the good of, for himself.

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.

It is for us and our time...to say the right makes might.

The power of hope upon human exertion, and happiness, is wonderful.

I am not an accomplished lawyer.