The Democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another mans right of property. Republicans, on the contrary, are for both the man and the dollar; but in cases of conflict, the man before the dollar.

If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same.

To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government.

When I left Springfield [to become President] I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. But when I went to Gettysburg and saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ.

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

I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us.

Certainly there is no contending against the Will of God; but still there is some difficulty in ascertaining, and applying it, to particular cases.