The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts.

Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented; and there is nothing I can imagine that would make me more unhappy than to fail in the effort.

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.

Allow me to assure you, that suspicion and jealousy never did help any man in any situation.

It's not me who can't keep a secret. It's the people I tell that can't.

Labor is the true standard of value.

When Judge Douglas says that whoever, or whatever community, wants slaves, they have a right to have them, he is perfectly logical if there is nothing wrong in the institution; but if you admit that it is wrong, he cannot logically say that anybody has a right to do wrong.