I am absent altogether too much to be a suitable instructor for a law-student. When a man has reached the age that Mr. Widner has,and has already been doing for himself, my judgment is, that he reads the books for himself without an instructor. That is precisely the way I came to the law.

Have I not destroyed my enemy when I have made him into my friend?

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it.

If any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly, those who desire it for others

We must remember that the people of all the States are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the citizen of the several States. We should bear this in mind, and act in such a way as to say nothing insulting or irritating. I would inculcate this idea, so that we may not, like Pharisees, set ourselves up to be better than other people.

I can hardly believe that the South and North can live in peace, unless we can get rid of the negroes ... I believe that it would be better to export them all to some fertile country with a good climate, which they could have to themselves.

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 what light I have.