And I am glad to know that there is a system of labor - where the laborer can strike if he wants to! I would to God that such a system prevailed all over the world.

I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.

I say now, however, as I have all the while said, that on the territorial question - that is, the question of extending slavery under the national auspices, - I am inflexible. I am for no compromise which assists or permits the extension of the institution on soil owned by the nation.

I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.

When you make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you.