Every man's happiness is his own responsibility.

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

Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started ... He will assume control of your cities, states and nations. He is going to move in and take over your churches, schools, universities, and corporations ... The fate of humanity is in his hands.

I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races. There is physical difference between the two which, in my judgment, will probably forever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality, and inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a difference, I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position.

Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.