A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain durability.

The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity. What one of us but can call to mind some relative more promising in youth than all his fellows, who has fallen a sacrifice to his rapacity?

To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.

If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that ‘all men are created equal,' and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.

As long as the Almighty permitted intelligent men, created in his image and likeness, to fight in public and kill each other while the world looks on approvingly, it's not for me to deprive the chickens of the same privilege.

Do I not damage my enemies after i make them my close friends?