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.

May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands.

An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it.

A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.

If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything.

His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by oiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right - stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.