The Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats.

Tangible language, which often tells more falsehoods than truths.

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.

Life is hard but so very beautiful

Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money.

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.

It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives.