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.

We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued.

Let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty.

I cannot bring myself to believe that any human being lives who would do me any harm.

Towering genius disdains a beaten path ... It scorns to tread in the footsteps of any predecessor, however illustrious. It thirsts for distinction.

Work, work, work, is the main thing.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.